It can be confusing. Fortunately other's have gone before you on this road.
http://www.trajiklyhip.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/3/12/Configuring-a-Development-Environment-with-Apache-Subversion-TortoiseSVN-and-Subclipse Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: > This is very true Brian, I agree whole heartedly, > > However, in the past I've always found subversion a total pain in the arse > to setup and configure, it's just very confusing. My guess is that this > stems from the fact that it was seemingly developed with Linux in mind, with > command lines and compiling binaries, if they made it a little more > intuitive to people (I suspect a large number of new developers will opt for > windows OS as its 'what they know'), instead of the linuxy style methods > they've used, I'm sure it would be more widely adopted by less experienced > developers. > > It reminds me of the same reason why so many people pick up the bad habit of > developing using access databases, it's simply because to a beginner > developer they seem more accessible than a proper DBMS, As a novice > developer trying to figure out installation and configuration of MySQL or > SQL Server is quite confusing, especially when you have to setup management > studio or phpMyAdmin, whereas the concept of a single file which can be > easily created in a nice desktop based GUI is very simple to grasp, so most > novice developers will start with access, especially considering all that > functionality comes 'out of the box' with m$ office. > > I completely agree that source control through a proper SVN approach will > pay dividends, but it's just one of those concepts that isn't > > A) Publicised to people properly, if you mention subversion to most amateur > developers they would stare blankly back at you, however, ftp is very > familiar. > > And. > > B) Accessible and simple enough to implement, even with these 'one touch' > style solutions that subversion released for windows users. > > They're just my thoughts, > > Another quick gripe is with some of the guides and support documents I've > read in the past, they're always typical Linux user style blog posts and > forum remarks, showing a total lack of sympathy toward new and learning > developers, making wide sweeping statements like 'and then simply update > your system environment variables, and you're done!'... amateur users won't > have a clue what you're on about, even someone whom is reasonably > experienced with Linux development finds that stuff confusing. > > Heh, man I'm in a tired and grouchy mood today, can you tell? Lol > > Sorry for the rantish post chaps, > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2007 15:43 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: DEATH to HOMESITE > > I was going to say the same thing. This issue isn't really a case of > Homesite vs. Eclipse, it's about always, always, always using source > control. Always. > > > On 10/19/07, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> F*cking HomeSite+ wiped out my file on the server (AGAIN). I do a file >>> write, it hangs, and I have to kill HomeSite. When I start homesite >>> again, guess what, the file is gone from the server. >>> >> Source control, Source control, Source control or to put it more >> concisely, >> SVN, SVN, SVN! >> >> There are some great Subversion plugins for CFEclipse :-) Subclipse is the >> one I believe most of the CFEclipse users use... >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291681 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
