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Stakeholders. The AppLife DNA Comparison Spec allows you to compare your current work to any past point in time, clearly identifying all changes. The difference between any other document comparison method and an AppLife DNA comparison spec is readablility. The AppLife DNA Comparison Spec is generated and formatted with readability in mind. An AppLife DNA Comparison Spec doesn't just show that differences exist, but rather it provide a distributable document that cleanly marks up the changes, allowing stakeholders to quickly absorb your iterative authoring work. This greatly increases the effectiveness of iterative stakeholder review, ensuring you get the feedback you need to achieve specification accuracy and increases the probability of project success.With AppLife DNA, application requirements are continuously added, defined, and shared. AppLife DNA provides an environment for iterative management of application requirements. The resulting specifications are more accurate, complete, and easier to communicate. The AppLife DNA process depicted above is easily integrated into your current software development process. Requirements are entered or imported into AppLife DNA. The requirements are then analyzed, organized, and iteratively defined. At any time, functional specs, comparison specs, and requirements reports can be generated and distributed as Word docs, Pdf files, or Html. No new tools, logons, or processes for team members and subject matter experts. Just more accurate, better defined and communicated software specifications, just-in-time for iterative development.Manage Requirements - Use AppLife DNA to add, categorize, group, sort, filter, search, and report on your application requirements. Customize your requirement views and even add customized requirement properties. Requirements are the center of your specification authoring work in AppLife DNA and the requirement management features allow you to keep up with your ever-growing list of requirements.Add RequirementsCategorize RequirementsVersion RequirementsAdd Custom PropertiesCreate Requirement ReportsDefine Requirements into SectionsAdd CategoriesPrioritize RequirementsGroup, Sort, FilterSearch RequirementsExport to Pdf, Doc, Rtf, HtmExport Requirements Lists to ExcelAuthor Specifications - In AppLife DNA, specifications are written in Sections. The Section Editor is a full-featured text editor designed to provide a rich text editing experience.Easily Identify Related ContentAdd Requirements from the EditorRevision Section Text to Software VersionsPrint/Draft LayoutSpell CheckerInsert ImagesFind and ReplaceView Requirements Defined in

Why AppLife DNA?Are you constantly searching through old and inaccurate requirements documents?Do you suffer from ineffective requirements analysis reviews?Do you struggle to effectively maintain requirements as development inevitably demands change?Would maintaining past application context while analyzing and spec’ing new requirements improve the quality of your analysis efforts?Software projects are naturally iterative. Most industry experts agree on iterative development practices as the best way to create software. AppLife DNA brings iterative practices into the requirement analysis and specification authoring phase. With AppLife DNA, your spec doc becomes a Living Document, where change is not only expected but embraced. Using AppLife DNA, your requirements analysis work will be more efficient, more complete, and more accurate. By focusing your efforts squarely on requirements, you’ll get the right requirements defined quicker and you’ll be able to communicate effectively with team members.With AppLife DNA you will:Improve team efficiency and confidence by iterative requirements analysis - The word Iterative simply means “do a little at a time”. In software analysis, this means organize and plan your requirements over many short duration time periods. Using AppLife DNA, an author can organize all of the known application requirements, assign them to iterations, and then efficiently expand on individual requirements just in time for development. This makes the process lean and reduces wasted effort. When requirements are moved between iterations… no problem. AppLife DNA takes care of ensuring the right iteration content is included.Reduce project risk by authoring each iteration where the previous left off - With AppLife DNA, analyzing and defining requirements continues within the same project. With each iteration, you’ll add new content and change existing content as necessary to describe and explain the new iteration features, while maintaining the previous iteration work. You can even author two planned iterations at once and move content between multiple iterations. Having previous work to provide context for new requirements ensures more thorough analysis, and fewer missed details. Your estimates will be more accurate and your project less risky.Increase accuracy by effectively communicating iterative change - To iteratively author a specification you must be able to effectively communicate changes to

The SectionChange Section Order and Indent LevelsUse StylesText ZoomAdd TablesExport to Pdf, Doc, Rtf, HtmSoftware Versions, Iterating, and Snapshots - As you author section text in AppLife DNA, your work is versioned based on the software version you are currently working on. Write and maintain all of your software version specifications in one place. You can even write sections for multiple versions at the same time. Compare versions to quickly identify and communicate the changes to your specifications between versions. You can also snapshot your work for easy comparison of iterations within the same software version. New Versions Inherit Section TextNew Versions Inherit RequirementsMark Shipped Versions to Identify Implemented RequirementsVersion and Unversion RequirementsTake a Snapshot at Any Time for Later ComparisonWrite an Abstract for Each VersionSpecification Options and Comparisons - AppLife DNA provides many different ways to communicate with your stakeholders through specification generation options. Generate specifications for any version of your software. Generate comparison specifications between versions and snapshots that highlight the differences between them.Compare VersionsCompare SnapshotsTake SnapshotsInclude Only Changed SectionsShow/Hide Deleted TextAdd Page Breaks Between SectionsInclude Links Between Sections with Common RequirementsInclude a List of Requirements Defined in Each SectionInclude a Draft WatermarkExport Specifications as Pdf, Doc, Rtf, Htm

AppLife provides the ability to easily deploy and maintain many applications on your Windows clients and servers. By installing AppLife Manager on your deployed systems a channel is created with which one or more applications can be deployed and maintained using AppLife packages. This is the first of a series of posts that will discuss and demonstrate the use of AppLife tools to deploy software. This series will include:Deploying an application with AppLifeUsing mostly default settings, we’ll start from a brand new AppLife subscription and deploy a .NET WPF application through AppLife Manager.Explore Manager Deployment OptionsAfter looking at a default deployment in the first post, we’ll demonstrate the different configuration options available with AppLife Manager.Explore the AppLife EngineThe deployment package in the first post added two files to the installation directory. In this post, we’ll look at other actions and demonstrate the features of the AppLife Update engine.Using the DashboardThe AppLife Dashboard provides the ability to control which of your deployed systems get applications and updates. It can help in troubleshoot defective packages, can identify which clients are running what version of your applications and more. The final post in the series will look at how the dashboard enhances your AppLife deployment model.Connecting AppLife Manager to your SubscriptionThe AppLife Manager application gets installed on all of the systems that will run your software and connects your deployed clients to your AppLife subscription. AppLife Manager is downloaded from AppLife Update home page (www.applifeupdate.com). Once installed, you’ll connect Manager to your subscription through a registration process. To register AppLife Manager, you’ll need your Publisher Code. You’ll also need to define a Client Access Key. The Client Access Key will be a value that identifies an individual client, or perhaps a group of clients.Your publisher code can be found on the Subscription view of your dashboard and can be replaced with a custom value.Defining a Custom Publisher CodeYou can set a custom publisher code for your subscription. One that is more meaningful and easier to remember, such as your domain name. A custom publisher code is set from the Subscription view on your dashboard.With your publisher code entered, the default settings of your initial application will allow it to be discovered. It’ll be displayed within AppLife Manager. Nothing is actually installed on this deployed client yet, as there are no AppLife packages published for the application. Deploying an ApplicationWe have an application, called First Look that we want to deploy. We are going to effectively XCopy deploy our First Look application to our client machines through AppLife Manager. To accomplish this, we’ll create and publish an AppLife package that, when executed, will place our application on the deployed client. Once published, AppLife Manager will automatically discover and apply the package. To create the package, we’ll use the AppLife Builder application. Like AppLife Manager, this can be downloaded from the AppLife Update home page. Once downloaded and installed, log into AppLife using your credentials. Select your subscription application. You’ll be prompted for the basic

Of compromised credentials (commonly acquired by simply guessing, sophisticated brute force, or duplicate credentials from a less secure site) alone allowing access to your cloud account. With two-factor enabled, the potential imposter would need more than just your credentials. How much more, is configurable. There are three options available. A one-time passcode emailed to the account email addressA passcode generated by an Authenticator app on a mobile deviceA hardware USB keyEmail OptionThe simplest option available is to enable the Email method. With this method enabled, whenever you sign on to AppLife Cloud on a new device, an email will be sent to the account email address. This email will contain a one-time pass code. Enter this code when prompted and you’ll be successfully authenticated.Authenticator App OptionAn authenticator app shares a private code during setup, and then generates rolling one-time passcodes that expire. Once setup, you will need the device with the app that you configured in your possession in order to log in and authenticate. The app that AppLife Cloud uses is Google Authenticator. Available for both Apple and Android mobile devices, it is a great option and more secure than Email, as it requires physical possession of your device during AppLife Cloud authentication.USB Hardware Key OptionUSB Hardware keys are the third and most secure option for validation. AppLife Cloud supports YubiKey brand keys. Once set up, the physical key must be present to login. The Series 5 key supports USB, USB-C and NFC. You can use your YubiKey for authentication on AppLife Cloud as well as many of the popular sites around the web, such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Twitter to name a few.You can set up multiple keys on your AppLife Cloud account.Pick one of the options and enable two-factor authentication on your AppLife Cloud account today. Doing so adds a significant level of protection for your AppLife enabled deployed applications. We’re excited to announce the release of the next version of AppLife Cloud. It’s never been easier to publish and maintain deployed Windows software with AppLife! Along with a new look and feel, version 6 strengthens the integration of the cloud dashboard, builder tools and AppLife Manager software. On the backend, we’ve increased performance, reliability and extensibility of the platform, which will lead to a better experience and more frequent feature additions going forward.Here’s a summary of what’s new…DashboardNew Identity/Authorization SystemTwo Factor AuthorizationEmailAuthenticator App Hardware KeyMore strict password requirementsEmail usernamesResponsive LayoutView Failed Client Execution Logs in DashboardPersisted Sorting, Paging, Filtering NavigationPerformance and Scalability improvementsIP Based Publishing FilterAppLife BuilderFormerly called Make Update, AppLife Builder has been completely integrated with AppLife Cloud. You’ll notice the changes upon launching AppLife Builder, as your prompted to log on. All of your build configuration information is now centrally managed within AppLife Cloud. AppLife Builder makes it easier to build and publish update packages for your cloud applications. Integrates directly with AppLife DashboardSimplified, per-user installation without licensingKey Pair Encryption using local passwordEdit published update Access Control configurationNew Install .Net 5 ActionNew

Information about your application.Application NameSet this to your application’s name. In this case, First Look. Note that this will change the name displayed in AppLife Manager.Executable NameSet this to the name of the primary executable of your application. FirstLook.exe.Local Working DirectoryThis is a local value that defines the local directory for your application and will be used for relative paths later. For custom software, this is usually a bin directory or an output directory of your build process.AppLife ActionsAn AppLife Package consists of a series of Actions that will take place when the package is executed on a deployed client. There are many actions available. This first package is going to include only one action. An Add & Replace Files action, which will copy two files to the designated Application Directory. When AppLife Manager discovers and applies this package, these two files will be copied.By default, AppLife Manager applications will check for new versions every 24 hours. After having published this package, any connected clients will install First Look on their next check. AppLife Manager can also be refreshed manually, which will find the application immediately.Deployments in the DashboardWhen a client applies an AppLife Package, the results are reported to your dashboard and can be reviewed there.SummaryUsing a new AppLife Subscription, we just built an AppLife Package that deploys our existing application through AppLife Manager. With the exception of setting a custom Publisher Code and changing the application name, we used entirely default settings. In the next post, we’ll explore the configuration options available through AppLife Manager that will let you customize the deployment and maintenance model to better fit different scenarios. When a deployed application discovers and downloads an AppLife package, the first action taken is a verification of the package using the Public Key value that is already present on the client and the update package signature that comes with the package. Digital signature validation using asynchronous cryptology. If the downloaded update package fails validation, it is never loaded or executed. There are many reasons why a downloaded update package might fail validation, but whatever the reason, a failed validation means that the update package is not identical to the package that was built and published by the author.Validation ensures that the package that is about to be applied on a deployed client is the exact package that was created and published. The validity of the authentication process performed by AppLife is completely dependent on the sanctity of the project’s private key. This validation process ensures that it is not possible for a third party to create a package that could ever be applied through your software.So if your AppLife Cloud account was compromised, would your application private keys be at risk? Yes they would, and this could potentially lead to a third party having the ability publish a privileged update package that your deployed clients would apply. Securing your AppLife Cloud account through strong passwords, two-factor authentication, and Publishing IP Address Filtering significantly reduces the probability of