We use VSS for all development. We develop in ColdFusion, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, SQL Server and a few more and all of it is in VSS. In fact when we write specification documents and prototype screens we store those in VSS.
As far as CF development (or web development in general) we point all of our working directories to our development web server and do everything there. The only "rule" we have is if multiple developers are working on the same project you only check out what you are working on. The other benefit we found is that we have some standard files that we use in all CF applications (error trapping, common Java scripts, etc). In this case we shared these files between multiple projects so as we enhance the code all previous projects will be updated as well. We do everything with manual checkouts. We have tried integrating VSS with the various development packages and found that the automatic checkin/checkout seemed to slow everything to a crawl. We found it faster to just keep a copy of VSS running and Alt-Tab to it and checkout a file when we needed it. Supposedly there is an integration between SQL Server and VSS. I had one of my developers try to get it working. He sorta got it working but the way it is implemented just didn't fit how we work very well. You also end up needing to install a bunch of development tools on your SQL Server. If you want more information on this let me know and I'll get the information on how to do the integration. ______________________________________________________ Bill Grover Supervisor MIS Phone: 301.424.3300 x3324 EU Services, Inc. FAX: 301.424.3696 649 North Horners Lane E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD 20850-1299 WWW: http://www.euservices.com ______________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Cold Fusion and Visual Source Safe > > > We use VSS here. > > Integration wise things are pretty good... we have to > manually check files > in and out and it logs everything, which is the main reason > that it's usage > was implemented. It does also make things a bit less > confusing. We handle > a large number of projects, both large and small and new and > old... VSS > gives us one place to look for the source of any of it. It > has also helped > us locate those frustrating "what changed" problems. This > can be a pain for > us where we have 8 developers and multiple devel servers. > > The downside is that anyone with direct access to the server > can bypass it. > Oh, that plus the fact that there is no integration with MS > SQL Server. > > Good luck! > Hatton Humphrey > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jaye Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:28 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Cold Fusion and Visual Source Safe > > > > > > Hope this is not too OT. Are there any dev teams uisng > Visual Source > > Safe for their code (or similar product)? Did you find it useful? > > > > > > // Jaye Morris, Multimedia Designer > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
