Justin, Source control can be remote also. Set up a source control "server". Each developer has a login and permissions to the code. This prevents a couple of things.
1.) Multiple local copies 2.) overwriting each other's changes The only caveat is that all developers need to be religious about updating their local code daily. I've set up Visual SVN in a multi dev environment and it really works well. And... it's free and simple to set up. -----Original Message----- From: Justin Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:42 AM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Help me not hate Dreamweaver. > +1000 on that, either SVN or git. > > source control dude....eliminates problems of multiple > > local copies......you always know the version in source > > control is current. Source control is wonderful... in certain situations (usually where the code base is relatively limited and you're working on the same code regularly). Some of us have to work on remote servers for a variety of reasons. Many of the web sites I work on (hundreds of them) are spread out over dozens of servers with multiple environments and versions of ColdFusion, differing database platforms, etc. In many cases I'll work on a site for 30 minutes and not see it again for a year or more. Other developers and designers occasionally have their hands in the code on some of these sites as well. Using local source control is simply not a practical solution (I didn't say it's not possible, but it would be a huge waste of time and resources). Having a solid FTP solution is a requirement for some of us. Personally I use a combination of HomeSite+ and WebDrive to handle remote file access. Frankly, I don't want my editor to try to "manage" my "projects" for me, catalog files, run dependency checks, etc. I just want to open a file and edit it. It seems like the current generation of editors (Dreamweaver and CFBuilder included) are just bloated and over-complicated. I want an editor that lets me write code and stays out of my way. Every time I open Dreamweaver I feel like Clippy is going to jump out at me any moment ask say, "It looks like you're trying to build a web application, let me help you with that!" -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
