Source Control
As a developer, you need a source control system. Even if you're the only developer.
I used SourceSafe cause it came with the development environment, but never liked it. I don't think it even qualifies as a real Source Control program. So I switched to Perforce a while ago. I love their system. Easy to install, and the GUI is very intuitive. And the best part is: it's free for 2 developers (and 5 client workspaces).
So if you're a developer and you don't use a source control (or even if you do), I advise you to check Perforce. And no, they don't pay me anything to say this. I'm just a very happy user.
- It's great if you have to solve bugs when working on a new version.
- You can always check the history of each source file to see what happened.
- Merging different source files is easy.
I used SourceSafe cause it came with the development environment, but never liked it. I don't think it even qualifies as a real Source Control program. So I switched to Perforce a while ago. I love their system. Easy to install, and the GUI is very intuitive. And the best part is: it's free for 2 developers (and 5 client workspaces).
So if you're a developer and you don't use a source control (or even if you do), I advise you to check Perforce. And no, they don't pay me anything to say this. I'm just a very happy user.
posted by Wouter Dhondt at
13:56
2 Comments:
I think it's great that vendors like Perforce and AccuRev provide 2-free user licenses...I hated using Subversion for my home projects and now I don't have to! Although I think AccuRev is better in many areas (GUI, speed, ease of use), Perforce is just fine for the easy stuff, too. :-)
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Anonymous, at 4:00 PM
I haven't tried AccuRev. But the Perforce is up and running and good enough for me, so I don't think I'll change any time soon.
The 1 / 2 user free license system is great for misv developers.
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Wouter Dhondt, at 8:29 PM
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