Practical Perforce

Channeling the Flow of Change in Software Development Collaboration

Laura Wingerd - Collection Software Development

336 pages, parution le 25/11/2005

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Résumé

When developers build software, they're able to keep track of all the different versions and all the components they use with software configuration management (SCM) systems. One of the more popular SCM products is Perforce.

Authored by Perforce's own VP of product technology, Practical Perforce is the ideal complement to the existing product manual, focusing less on the 'how" and more on the "why" and "when." The book is not only a helpful introduction to Perforce, it's an enlightening resource for those already familiar with this versatile SCM product. Whether you're a programmer, product manager, or build engineer, you stand to benefit from the many insider tips and ideas presented in this convenient guide.

Practical Perforce is divided into two main parts. Part I offers a whirlwind technical tour, complete with careful descriptions of basic and advanced Perforce commands designed to give you a baseline knowledge. Part II describes the big picture-using Perforce in a collaborative software development. It outlines recommended best practices and quickly shows how to implement them with the Perforce operations introduced in Part I. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to maximize Perforce so it completes tasks like these in the most efficient manner possible:

Keep track of changes as you conduct concurrent parallel work on files
Log activity
Generate reports on who did what when
Compare, merge and branch files
Store files and file configurations
Restore lost bug fixes

Recognizing the pitfalls and practices of an SCM system like Perforce is absolutely essential to producing good software. Now, with Practical Perforce, you have the edge you need to ensure success.

L'auteur - Laura Wingerd

Laura Wingerd formed her early opinions of software configuration management during a decade of wrangling builds and source code for the Sybase and Ingres database products. She joined Perforce Software the day the company moved out of its founder's garage and has since acquired quite a bit of SCM expertise from the very Perforce customers she purports to advise. Every now and then, she comes up with an idea of her own and spews forth in a white paper or a speaking engagement. Laura is currently vice president of product technology at Perforce Software, dividing her time between promoting sound SCM practices and investigating new and better ways to put Perforce to use.

Sommaire

Preface
Files in Depot
Working with Files
Resolving and Merging Files
Branching and Integration
Labels and Automating Activity
How Software Evolves
Basic Codeline Management
Release Codelines
Development Codelines
Staging Streams and Web Content
A: Setting Up a Perforce Test Environment
B: Perforce Terminology and P4 Commands
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Laura Wingerd
Collection	Software Development
Parution	25/11/2005
Nb. de pages	336
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	586g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596101855
ISBN13	978-0-596-10185-5