[Noisebridge-discuss] Embedded code - version control experience?

daravinne daravinne at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 20:00:25 UTC 2012


I'd go to a git class at noisebridge actually.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Ryan Rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I suggest the book "pragmatic programmer".  The big lessons is, use
> source control.  I'd say it separates the pros from the amateurs, but
> frankly I have seen so-called "amateurs" do better source control
> usage than "pros"
>
> enjoy and good luck!
>
> (do we need a git class @ nb?)
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Anders Nelson
> <anders.k.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey!
>>
>> I just wanted to give a HUGE THANKS to everyone who shared their experience
>> with this. I'm setting something up today in MPLAB X and I can't wait to
>> start coding right.
>>
>> =D
>> --
>> Anders Nelson
>>
>> +1 (517) 775-6129
>>
>> www.erogear.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:35 PM, ryan rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Also note, you don't really need source code control support in an IDE to
>>> be successful. Most coding things are saving text files. You can switch over
>>> to the command line to use git commands. This is what I do with IntelliJ and
>>> my scala/java projects. I've written thousands of loc this way, it's totally
>>> viable.
>>>
>>> Sent from your iPhone
>>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Earl Ruby <earl at ruby.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Anders Nelson
>>> > <anders.k.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Does anyone use version control for their embedded project code? I want
>>> >> to
>>> >> start using MPLAB X, which has version control built into the IDE but
>>> >> I'm
>>> >> curious to know if using a more accepted standard (SVN, etc) is a
>>> >> better
>>> >> idea. Then, of course, what's the best way to organize a repository?
>>> >
>>> > According to the MPLAB X web site it has version control support for
>>> > MS Source Safe, CVS, PVCS, and Subversion. If those are your only
>>> > choices, go with Subversion.
>>> >
>>> > Most IDEs that I've worked with have pluggable version control,
>>> > meaning that if you want to use some other version control system you
>>> > just need to specify the commands for adding, refreshing, and
>>> > committing updates to a repository. So if you want to use Git or
>>> > Mercurial check the MPLAB X docs (or just explore the menus) and see
>>> > if you can just add/modify the version control commands.
>>> >
>>> > If you are doing solo development and you're not sharing your source
>>> > or working as part of a team you do not need a version control server.
>>> > CVS, Subversion, and Git all work just fine on your local machine. If
>>> > you later want to share your source or other people want to work with
>>> > your code you can always migrate your code repository to a shared
>>> > server.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Earl Ruby
>>> > http://earlruby.org/
>>> > @earlruby
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