Software Configuration Management Resources
Kevin Wood
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I recently discovered 2 freely available software configuration management tools that others might find useful.
1. SourceGear Vault - single developer version
2. Perforce - 2 developers / 5 client workspaces
There are some open source systems available also, the above products are commercially developed.
I recently installed Perforce on Windows; if anybody is thinking about installing it, post here and I'll post some things to watch out for that I discovered in the process.
I've also been using a free programmer's editor called ConTEXT, which I discovered has Perforce integration, which is very cool.
In case anybody is wondering what SCM does, it is basically revision control of your source code. It's of most benefit for larger software teams, but there is no reason a single developer can't use it, especially if doing any type of commercial development.
1. SourceGear Vault - single developer version
2. Perforce - 2 developers / 5 client workspaces
There are some open source systems available also, the above products are commercially developed.
I recently installed Perforce on Windows; if anybody is thinking about installing it, post here and I'll post some things to watch out for that I discovered in the process.
I've also been using a free programmer's editor called ConTEXT, which I discovered has Perforce integration, which is very cool.
In case anybody is wondering what SCM does, it is basically revision control of your source code. It's of most benefit for larger software teams, but there is no reason a single developer can't use it, especially if doing any type of commercial development.
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SCM is invaluable when you've made changes that break your code and wish you could get back to last week's working version. I use it on all my programming projects as well as web sites.
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