source control – >_bryanallott.net

Subversion has been a friend of mine for some time now. Given the order of environments I have been required to work in, it’s more than suited our needs… anyhooo. Then there’s Bzr which has really grown on me, especially for offline version control. But what is really cool, is using both of them. I probably could set up a bzr server, but the subversion repository is already in place… incremental adoption always works smoother.

How easy is it? Just run bzr branch <svn:uri> and you’re set. Easy. Then you can run multiple ‘bzr commit’ commands to keep a local versioned control record of code changes, and when you’re within connectivity with the subversion repository, just ‘bzr push’ and Robert is your father’s brother. ‘Bzr update’ will check out changes from the repository.

For straightforward environments, this should suit you just fine with minimal fuss for a lot of satisfaction.

A synergistic moment if there ever was one.

I love my OS. I don’t dislike my XP. It’s been good to me (and continues to be) but i *really* enjoy working on my ubuntu. And i’m still discovering things about it, which is half the fun right there. And as a result, i was introduced to launchpad.

And i really enjoy working on launchpad. I don’t dislike sourceforge. It’s been good to (and continues to be) but i *really* enjoy working on launchpad. And i’m still discovering things about it, which is half the fun right there. (Codeplex hasn’t really shaken my boots much in any form or manner yet).

I love programming. I don’t dislike .NET. It’s been good to (and continues to be) but i *really* enjoy working with Ruby, and in particular, with Rails. And i’m still discovering things about it, which is half the fun right there. And in all my discovery and learning, it was about time to bring the 3 together, in a practical way which helps me be more productive, first and foremost in keeping a tab on my new adventure as an entrepreneur.

Introducing… timesheet. Nothing new, nothing too fancy. It’s Rails, developed on ubuntu, using *nix editors and IDEs where i could scour them, and hosted on launchpad. It works, it’s functional (and i can even port it sans changes to my XP environment) and readily available. Probably has enough bugs (certainly more roadmap expected) to keep me busy exploring features in launchpad, but at least it looks marginally better than my excel spreadsheet (lol)