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Chapter 9 Managing Projects
Adding a project to source control
With H for Dreamweaver MX projects, you can manage project files in a
source control system.
You can establish a relationship between a source control application and your
project, so that you can manage check-out, check-in, and other source control
operations without opening the source control application.
Why use source control?
A source control system controls file management during application development.
Using source control for website content is essential when you need to coordinate
the work of a development team in a complex project.
Source control enables team members to do the following:
•
Share files on a LAN without overwriting the work of others
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Track versions of files, as files are modified
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Control the deployment of an application to customers, and also to employees
for development and testing purposes
Supported source control systems
H for Dreamweaver MX uses the Microsoft Source Code Control (SCC) API
to connect to standard source control applications. The SCC API works with
client-based and server-based systems.
H for Dreamweaver MX automatically generates a list of source control
applications that it detects on your computer. When you first select the Choose
Source Control Provider command for a project, you can select a source control
application from the list.
The user interface and command structure for source control applications varies
from vendor to vendor, so check your software documentation.
Setting up a project in source control
There are three basic steps to establish a relationship between your H for
Dreamweaver MX project and your source control application. The exact procedure
differs, depending on your source control application.
1
Make sure that your source control application is installed on your computer and
that it complies with the Source Code Control (SCC) API.
Otherwise, H for Dreamweaver MX cannot detect it.
2
Choose the source control application to use for your project.
To do this, right-click on the project root and select
Source Control > Choose
Source Control Provider
. Select a provider and click OK.
Summary of Contents for HOMESITE
Page 11: ...Contents xi Table of CommandID values 310 Table of SettingID values 314 Glossary 323...
Page 12: ...xii Contents...
Page 20: ...xx About This Book...
Page 28: ...8 Chapter 1 Setting Up the Product...
Page 70: ...50 Chapter 4 Managing Files...
Page 88: ...68 Chapter 5 Writing Code and Web Content...
Page 116: ...96 Chapter 6 Editing Pages...
Page 148: ...128 Chapter 7 Using Web Development Languages...
Page 190: ...170 Chapter 11 Deploying Files...
Page 210: ...190 Chapter 12 Testing and Maintaining Web Pages...
Page 216: ...196 Chapter 13 Extending the Help System...
Page 350: ...330 Glossary...
Page 358: ...338 Index...