Verges Of Versions

 SUBVERSIONING

In the world of code re-use and maintenance, one of the best tools out there for tracking both miniscule and significant changes to your software programs lie in how well you maintain those changes across your application platform.

Likewise, as vendor requirements, functionality and module additions may change within a project several times before completion, the ability for programmers to revert to previous versions of their applications, store the additions, and likewise reference those changes, is imperative to today’s developer.

Subversioning software allows users to handle these tasks quite well. 

For the average or lone developer, Subversion Clients are more than suited to meet the demands of maintaining your development projects as you build them.

And for those working in a more intensive or team-oriented environment where projects might be shared by others, Subversion Servers help the team get the job done.

HOW THEY WORK

Subversion Clients - Are usually shell extensions that allow developers to store, check-out, and save versions of a program. Users can revert changes made to an application if an error is introduced into the program, and likewise make changes only to working copies of a program without committing any changes at all to an application until it meets the developer’s satisfaction. 

Developers can manage files, websites, or other large or cumbersome collections of information with ease, as change tracking methods allow version numbers to automatically be assigned within the versioning application, allowing programming tasks to be completed with ease, as developers are free to use their production efforts without the hassles of dealing with how their applications will be tracked across development cycles. 

Subversion Servers – These applications usually work in the same way as most subversion clients do, with the added robustness of allowing a number of users to work on and make changes to an application at the same time. Changes within an application are automatically versioned between users, allowing for application cohesion to occur with ease and efficacy within collaborative projects.

Subversion servers are designated in a centralized location where users can access projects and save them locally to make changes and satisfy project tasks. 

Once the application modules have been satisfied, the files can then be conjoined to develop the finished project, saving both the joined and individual efforts within the application. 

A Few Noted Applications Are

AnkhSVN

eSVN

PixelNovel Timeline

QSvn

RabbitVCS

RapidSVN

SubTitle

SVN Notifier

TortoiseSVN

Trac

ViewVC

VisualSVN

XCode

GIT

VisualSVN

Microsoft Visual Studio

Versioning allows developers to manage and organize their application revisions with ease.

Likewise, in the world of application development, where a problem in one place can cause applications to malfunction in others, these software applications have saved many – a – programmers in their programming tasks. 

So for all my developers out there, both the novice and expert alike, be sure to incorporate versioning in your projects, as they will surely save you both effort and error in the long run.