Version Control for small development company (VB6, PHP, HTML)

[SkiNLaB]

Hi Guys,

We've just got a new VB6 developer who will be working on my project, which means version control is now an issue. Looks like visual sourcesafe is the way to go but is a touch pricey.

Would the rest of the company be able to use it? Everyone else is basically web development, 90% of which is PHP.

Will they be able to use SourceSafe if we buy it?

Thanks,

Scott

[Hack]

If you have the Enterprise version of VB6, SourceSafe comes with it, and that is the direction I would go in.

[abhijit]

There are some freeware tools available on source-forge, but source safe is better than those.

[SkiNLaB]

Would the rest of the company be able to use it? Everyone else is basically web development, 90% of which is PHP.

Will they be able to use SourceSafe if we buy it?

Does sourcesafe cater for PHP stuff? Or is it really focused on MS technologies?

[si_the_geek]

SourceSafe can work with any files, although to get all the functionality they should be text based (as PHP is).

VSS integrates itself into other MS products (for example in VB6 you can right-click files in the Project Explorer to check-in/check-out), but can be used as a separate program too.

[SkiNLaB]

SourceSafe can work with any files, although to get all the functionality they should be text based (as PHP is).

VSS integrates itself into other MS products (for example in VB6 you can right-click files in the Project Explorer to check-in/check-out), but can be used as a separate program too.

OK great. Thanks. VSS it is

[tr333]

if you were using .NET, then i would recommend Subversion with the AnkhSVN plugin.

[SkiNLaB]

Apparently there is a Visual SourceSafe 2005, Should I be getting that, not 6.0 ?

I haven't seen it in shops though :S

[SkiNLaB]

OK I've found an australian site selling VSS 2005

Does VSS 2005 integrate with the VB6 IDE?

[SkiNLaB]

Yes it does.

Am I just retarted, or is there not a page ABOUT SourceSafe 2005. I can't for the life find a page by MS about the 2005 version.

So confused.

[randem]

There is also SVC http://www.download.com/Software-Ver...ml?tag=lst-0-1

It's actually Free.

[Sgt-Peppa]

if you were using .NET, then i would recommend Subversion with the AnkhSVN plugin.

I know you decided for VSS but nevertheless I wanted to second tr333's Suggestion. Subversion is by far the best Source Control System I have ever used!

Stephan

[tr333]

here are some reasons to not use VSS:

Visual SourceSafe: Microsoft's Source Destruction System
michaelbolton.net

[Hack]

Would the rest of the company be able to use it? Everyone else is basically web development, 90% of which is PHP.

Will they be able to use SourceSafe if we buy it?

Does sourcesafe cater for PHP stuff? Or is it really focused on MS technologies?

You can store anything you want in source safe.

We store text files VB6 code, C# code, VB.NET code, C++ code, Visio documents, Word documents, WordPerfect documents and a whole lot of other stuff. Pretty much source safe doesn't really care what kind of document/file it is.

[SkiNLaB]

OK considering SourceSafe is $600 a licence! (AUS)

My boss laughed in my face

So i'm trying out SVCS

Is subversion a *nix thing or?

[tr333]

What operating systems does Subversion run on?.
it is licensed under an Apache/BSD style license.

if you are using it on windows, you might want to take a look at TortoiseSVN (GNU/GPL license).


More information on SVN is available from http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.