Setup yo team

yo team is a great NPM package by Donovan Brown, to automate creation of build and release pipelines. You can use it to generate app with CI/CD in Team Foundation Server 2017 or Visual Studio Team Services. In this post let’s look at how to get it installed, for you to use it to generate CI/CD pipelines

The first requirement is to install node.js and npm latest. You can download it from https://nodejs.org/en/download/. Instruction on installing on windows is here. You can verify the installed version of node and npm by running below commands.

• npm –v
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Install git following the instructions in https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git 

Install yeoman command line by running npm install –g yo . For more information refer http://yeoman.io/learning/

In a PowerShell window  type yo to see the yeoman options. Select install a generator and hit Enter.Image may be NSFW.
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Search for team in npm.

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In the list of generators locate the team Generates an app with CI/CD in Team Foundation server or Team Services and hit enter to install.Image may be NSFW.
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Now you can run yo team and start working with package. In a next post let’s see what we can do with this package.Image may be NSFW.
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