We often get in contact with people evaluating an SCM tool for the first time. Most of the time, they work in a small team that has grown. So all of a sudden, the “have you finished working on file A?” or “which folder was the latest version in again?” questions don’t work the way they did before. Things get chaotic and errors start to creep in. Valuable time gets lost. So they start looking around for a tool to help them address these issues. However, implementing SCM is just as much about how to define and set up the processes, as well as addressing resistance ... [More]

Yes, there are many powerful PureCM plugins into Visual Studio, Eclipse or other tools with SCC interface; even more so with the latest 2009-2 release. But if you want to access PureCM’s full feature set or work with the same interface across platforms, the GUI client is the place to be. This is why I’ll shed some light on the PureCM GUI, starting with this introduction about its default views. However, I plan to do more than one blog on the topic, so if you’d like to read about a specific GUI issue, just let me know. So what can you see in each of the PureCM vi... [More]

We have had an encouraging amount of feedback for the public betas we published for our last 2009-1 release. So of course we’re going to do it again for the upcoming 2009-2 release!You might have already read about some of the enhancements that you will get with PureCM 2009-2; if not, here are the bigger chunks: Enhanced Visual Studio 2005/2008 integration New Windows Explorer plugin Bulk merge and rollbacks directly on the server With this current beta, you will now be able to test the first two enhancements yourself. Both the enhance... [More]

Why using the deployment service? There is more than one way to get the project files stored in PureCM to a target machine: Use the PureCM GUI and create a workspace in your target location Use the command line client to create a workspace in your target location Both options will create a local copy of the project files on your target machine; so that looks like a perfect way to achieve your goal. In fact, most build tools pull the latest project version that way. However, both solutions involve installing at least one of the above clients... [More]

We’re back from DevWeek, and pretty happy to have much less to carry home than on the way to London. DevWeek has been a busy conference again, featuring very insightful sessions according to discussions we had with delegates. We were happy to get a stand close to the session rooms, catering and registration, which led to a steady flow of visitors trialing our upcoming 2009-1 release. Especially the new GUI and the powerful merging provoked very positive feedback, confirming the comments we got based on the beta during the last weeks.   Obviously, we shouldn&rsquo... [More]

This update is to highlight that the download links below now point to the latest 2009-1 RC build.   New features PureCM 2009-1 comes with two major enhancements: Live merge tracking. This powerful feature gives you live and instant transparency about which changes need merging between two streams. Whether you want to push a bug fix back into the development stream or integrate a number of feature streams into your mainline, you can perform all operations directly on your stream without the need to create a workspace. Af... [More]

Before we talk features The first blog in the new year, so first of all my best wishes for 2009! Let me use this fresh start to give you a summarised outlook on PureCM 2009-1, our next major release coming with some rather big changes. So now you might expect a huge list with all the main features, but allow me to make a small detour before getting there... How you would like to look at your data If you look at your file system, your data is organised in folders and files. Typically, the highest level folder separates your projects. This is also the approach used by most source con... [More]

Continuously rising... Continuous Integration (CI) is one of the most frequently used practises in agile teams nowadays. According to the 3rd annual survey on “The state of agile development”, 65% of the respondents practise CI; up from 50% in 2007. This is little surprising given the advantages of CI. All these companies are aiming to make integration a non-event in their projects. No big bang integration at the end of a project anymore. No more searching for a bug that was introduced months ago. The role of source control So what has PureCM got to do with it... [More]