Fabric vs TestFlight
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With TestFlight, developers simply upload a build, and the testers can install it directly from their device, over the air. | Fabric is a Python (2.5-2.7) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a basic suite of operations for executing local or remote shell commands (normally or via sudo) and uploading/downloading files, as well as auxiliary functionality such as prompting the running user for input, or aborting execution. |
Sessions- Discover how testers are using your application. Watch as they progress and take unexpected turns.;Crash Reports- Reported in realtime, with environment snapshots and full session activity.;In-App Questions- The most effective way to get tester feedback. Get the answers you need by asking questions the moment a checkpoint is passed.;Checkpoints- Place checkpoints throughout your app to see how far testers are getting, confirm which areas are popular and reveal ones that need more testing.;Remote Logging- TFLogs are attached to your session and crash reports.;In-App Updates- Prompt testers to install the latest version of your app. This is the easiest way for your testers to take advantage of installing on the fly. | Lets you execute arbitrary Python functions via the command line;Library of subroutines (built on top of a lower-level library) to make executing shell commands over SSH easy and Pythonic |
Statistics | |
GitHub Stars - | GitHub Stars 15.3K |
GitHub Forks - | GitHub Forks 2.0K |
Stacks 1.1K | Stacks 494 |
Followers 705 | Followers 307 |
Votes 163 | Votes 75 |
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Terraform
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Capistrano
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AWS OpsWorks
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