Code Quality Build tools

1. SonarQube - 

static analysis that finds all kinds of problems in your code 

2. Software Composition Analysis Tools: 

• WhiteSource Bolt 
• Black Duck (and) 
• Snyk 

3. Zed Attack Proxy -

 a dynamic analysis tool which executes lightweight security penetration tests against your deployed code 

OWASP ZAP 

 Check Azure release pipeline scanning OWASP top 10 issues in your website

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CSE-DevOps.zap-scanner

 

VS 2019 and Sitecore TDS 6.0.05 upgrade from Sitecore TDS 5.0

 When you first install Sitecore TDS 6.0.05 try to locate tds 6.0 nuget package in your local. This nuget require you to update your reference nuget from 5.0 to 6.0. All you need to do is add new local path of nuget reference in Nuget manager and install this new nuget package.

After you have installed the updated nuget for each of your existing TDS project you might come across this error.

Verify the version of the MSBuild TDS Service DLL

Connection Test Finish: 2020-08-19 10:33:49

Connection Test Start: 2020-08-19 10:35:44

Connection Test Pass: Content downloaded from http://abc-local.com//sitecore

Connection Test Pass: Sitecore TDS connection test successful

Connection Test Failure: Sitecore TDS Service DLL does not exist at \HedgehogDevelopment\SitecoreProject\v9.0\bin\HedgehogDevelopment.SitecoreProject.Service.dll.

Connection Test Finish: 2020-08-19 10:35:44

Connection Test Start: 2020-08-19 11:09:03

All you need to do is unload the .csproj and edit the tds .csproj section where it imports the package service.dll into sitecore solution

Azure App Configuration Feature toggling using Feature Manager

 You can store all feature flags in Azure App Configuration and administer them from a single place. App Configuration has a portal UI named Feature Manager that's designed specifically for feature flags. App Configuration also natively supports the .NET Core feature-flag data schema.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

• Define and manage feature flags in App Configuration.
• Access feature flags from your application.

Reference:Sample Feature toggling