Hello *ALL,
outside of the IBM i world it is best practice to use Version Control
Systems to handle the integrity of the sources of a software project. There
are open source VCS like Subversion, Git and Mercurial as well as commercial
ones like ClearCase. All those VCS can be used for Java, PHP, .NET and other
projects because they provide connectors for the IDE`s used for such
projects.
But what about Version Control for RPG and COBOL projects on IBM i? My
strongest suggestion is to use a change management system. All your needs
will be satisfied with such a change management system. But those change
management systems are not for free. You have to pay a fee and depending on
the software vendor this can be a lot of money.
For those ones of you who are not able to spend money for a change
management system we have written a step by step tutorial to show you a way
to use Version Control for RPG and COBOL projects on IBM i. All you need is
RDi, Subversion and our next free plugin iSVN.
Enter the download area of our homepage and download the document "Version
Control for IBM i". All necessary steps will be described detailed.
The document "Running a Subversion or Git Server natively on IBM i", which
you can download in our download area too describes how to install a
Subversion and/or Git Server natively on IBM i. With this there is no need
to use a Subversion server on other platforms.
http://www.taskforce-it.de/downloads.php
Frank Hildebrandt
Task Force IT-Consulting GmbH
Im Eickel 77
45731 Waltrop
Germany
Telefon : 02304/940037
Fax : 02304/940570
Web : www.taskforce-it.de
Task Force IT-Consulting GmbH, Sitz der Gesellschaft ist Waltrop,
Amtsgericht Recklinghausen HRB 4196, US-Id. DE203649380,
Geschäftsführer sind Frank Hildebrandt und Andreas Strietholt
midrange.com
