{"id":16225,"date":"2018-01-15T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=16225"},"modified":"2019-10-24T17:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T00:36:23","slug":"xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-with-visual-studio-app-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-with-visual-studio-app-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin University Presents: Ship better apps with Visual Studio App Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Microsoft Connect(); last November, we announced the general availability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/app-center\/\">Visual Studio App Center<\/a> to help (Obj-C, Swift, Java, React Native, and Xamarin) developers quickly build, test, deploy, monitor, and improve their phone, tablet, desktop, and connected device apps with powerful, automated lifecycle services. As a .NET developer, you may already use the power of Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin to develop amazing apps in C#.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Visual Studio App Center, you can easily tap into automated cloud services for every stage of your development process, so you get higher quality apps into your users&#8217; hands even faster.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/XamU-Presents-Ship-better-apps-with-Visual-Studio-App-Center.gif\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"XamU Presents Ship better apps with Visual Studio App Center\" alt=\"XamU Presents Ship better apps with Visual Studio App Center\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/XamU-Presents-Ship-better-apps-with-Visual-Studio-App-Center.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn how to simplify and automate your<i> <\/i>app development pipeline, join <b>Mark Smith for \u201cXamarin University Presents: Ship Better Apps with Visual Studio App Center\u201d <\/b>on <b>Thursday, January 25<sup>th<\/sup> at 9 am PT \/ 12 pm ET \/ 5 pm UTC<\/b>. Mark will demo the services available in App Center \u2013 from setting up continuous cloud builds to automated testing and deployment to post-release crash reporting and aggregate user and app analytics. You\u2019ll leave ready to connect your first app and start improving your development process <i>and <\/i>your apps immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Jam-packed with step-by-step demos, this session has something for everyone, from app development beginners to seasoned pros who\u2019ve built dozens of apps.<\/p>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/webinars\/register\/xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-with-visual-studio-app-center?utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=VS&amp;utm_campaign=webinar_VS_App_Center\">[REGISTER]<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/webinars\/register\/xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-with-visual-studio-app-center?utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=VS&amp;utm_campaign=webinar_VS_App_Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" title=\"Xamarin University Logo\" alt=\"Xamarin University Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Xamarin-University-Logo-M.png\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this webinar, you\u2019ll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect your apps and add the Visual Studio App Center SDK in minutes<\/li>\n<li>Kick off continuous cloud builds, straight from your source control repo.<\/li>\n<li>Run automated UI tests on hundreds of real devices and hundreds of configurations<\/li>\n<li>Distribute to beta testers or app stores with every successful build, or on-demand<\/li>\n<li>Use real-time crash reports and analytics to monitor app health, fix problems fast, identify trends and understand what your users need and want<\/li>\n<li>Engage your users with push notifications and target specific audiences, geographies, or languages.<\/li>\n<li>Get technical guidance and advice from our app experts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We understand every development process is different, so we\u2019ll show you how to use all of Visual Studio App Center services together <i>and <\/i>how to integrate specific services to work with your established processes and tools.<\/p>\n<p>See you soon! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/webinars\/register\/xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-with-visual-studio-app-center?utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=VS&amp;utm_campaign=webinar_VS_App_Center\"><b>Register now<\/b><\/a> and get ready to start shipping amazing (five-star) apps with confidence.<\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Mark-Smith.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"450\" valign=\"top\"><b>Mark Smith, Principal Program Manager<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mark leads Xamarin University, where he helps developers learn how to utilize their .NET skills to build amazing mobile apps for Android, iOS, Windows and beyond. Prior to his career at Microsoft and Xamarin (acquired by Microsoft), Mark ran a consulting business, specializing in custom development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Microsoft Connect(); last November, we announced the general availability of Visual Studio App Center to help (Obj-C, Swift, Java, React Native, and Xamarin) developers quickly build, test, deploy, monitor, and improve their phone, tablet, desktop, and connected device apps with powerful, automated lifecycle services. 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