> Now, I'm looking into better source control for me and my other web > developer. I'm a PC. He's a Mac. Sounds like CFE is perfect for that. > However, CFE needs to be pretty good since he prefers quick little HTML > editors and doesn't quite have the mindset of source/versioning.
You need to separate the issue of which IDE you use (Eclipse, Dreamweaver, etc.) from the issue of source control. Source control is, in my opinion, the far more important decision, and the most pressing concern you should have. An IDE can give you a lot of conveniences, but a proper source control system, diligently used, can save your bacon regardless of the number of developers. You can implement a system without changing the IDE you use - though you will likely may find a particular IDE makes using a particular source control system more convenient. I highly recommend reading this: http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html It's a great overview of what source control systems do, and how to work with them. It doesn't focus too much on any particular software, it's intended a general guide. Now, I'm ready to get back into that level of support which DW currently > doesn't support, natively, as well as CFE (or so I have heard). Eclipse definitely has much better options available for source control integration. However, here are the caveats. We run Windows 2003/IIS and > SQL2000/2005. I don't want to install MySQL. I don't want to install > Linux. Neither should be necessary. For the two major open source systems, Subversion and CVS, they do technically have a database of sorts under the hood, but it's pretty much self-contained, meaning you don't deal with it directly. And both will run on Windows. So, I want a source/versioning solution that will run on Windows and SQL > yet let a Mac connect to it as well. I would also prefer the solution > to be open source/free since I won't be able to get financing for this. You are probably looking at Subversion or CVS. Subversion is generally considered the "best" option - basically a new and improved CVS. It's widely used, and there are a lot of options for connecting to it from various IDE's, OS's, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
