On Tuesday I have a short presentation on getting started with Subversion (SVN) to the local ColdFusion User Group of Central New York.

The presentation focused on the following key elements:

  • Learn about the client-server relationship with SVN
  • Learn about setting up a SVN server
  • Learn about the actions involved with using SVN
  • Learn about the tools and resources

Also presenting on Tuesday was Brian Caufield of Time Warner Cable, who have a nice introduction to source control.  Brian’s presentation got us all on the same page and ensured that everyone was familiar with the concepts and terms involved in source control.

I then followed Brian’s presentation with a specific implementation of source control, namely the open-source SVN.  After my presentation, Isaac Sunkes of Ravenglass Technologies showed us the Surround SCM software, and how they implemented it into their development practices.  Isaac’s demonstration was a great follow-up to the SVN presentation in that it allowed us to compare and contrast the capabilities and use of SVN with a commercial source-control system.  Thanks to Brian and Isaac for sharing their knowledge with the community, and we look forward to more presentations from both of them!

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This entry was posted on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 10:36 am.
Categories: ColdFusion.

2 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. granadaCoder

    Was there anything that Surround SCM (over Subversion) provided that was significant? I’ve been scouring the internet trying to find a good comparison and stumbled upon this post.

    All suggestions will be taken with a grain-of-salt. I figure its like most things, not a right or wrong answer, just “it depends”.

    Thanks.

    Oct 20th, 2009

  2. brian

    @granadaCoder There are multiple differences between Surround SCM and Subversion. First, Surround is not free and not open-source, where Subversion is both. Second, Surround SCM comes with a very robust HUI for managing different repositories and promoting code between them. Surround has also plugins for common web development IDEs. Subversion has merging and branching abilities, but not as well controlled as Surround. Subversion also has some good tools (Tortoise SVN) and plugins for IDEs like Eclipse. Hope this helps.

    Oct 20th, 2009

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