July 2010 Agile Perspectives: Understanding and Setting Up Source Control, Software Engineering 101
Welcome to another issue of
Agile Perspectives. In this issue, we're focusing on
version control -- what it is, why you need it, and how to set it
up.
We're also excited to announce the upcoming Software
Engineering 101 - Cleveland conference that we're
sponsoring. It will be an exciting day to hone your skills as a
developer. And the best part is it won't cost a dime to attend, but
make sure to register
before all the seats are filled!
A couple other things you'll read about in this issue is our new
podcast -- "The Candlestick" and our newest
code analysis tool -- Atomiq.
I hope you enjoy this issue of Agile Perspectives.
Craig Palenshus
Creative Director | Project Manager
My DVR is full of shows about how to straighten up my house
and office, and I have a pile of books here about how to take
control of clutter…. If only they all were organized! I feel
so overwhelmed!
Actually, things aren't quite that bad around here, but the
sentiment above is a re...
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The Basics
Source control systems, also known as version
control systems or revision control systems, serve a few valuable
purposes in software development: they're a centralized storage
location that provides easy access to the code, they provide
detailed version history, they maintain ...
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VisualSVN Server is a great free tool which sits on top of
Subversion (SVN) and makes its installation and management a
breeze. Subversion's UI is a command line UI, and VisualSVN
provides a management UI. It also handles the installation of the
server, which can run on your computer as a W...
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Tortoise SVN is a freely downloadable client used to access
Subversion source control repositories. The tool integrates into
the Windows shell, which makes it a breeze to use. It uses visual
clues to let you know which files are new, changed, and unchanged
from the latest version you have o...
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