In my view, you're playing with fire, Rick. Even if you're a single developer, I'd urge you in the strongest way to start using version control (Subversion). Copying and pasting your code is better than nothing, but for virtually no cost at all (in money or effort) you can be getting so much more. First, it gives you the ultimate safety net. At all times, no matter what happens, you have a full history on every single file in your project. If you screw something up you can roll back individual files, folders, specific sets of files, or the whole project back to any previous state. You have a comment history that explains what you changed at each step. You can do comparisons between any version and any other version, including locally modified files that haven't been committed back to Subversion yet.
You can also set up separate versions of your application, such as a stable version that is current in production and a separate version for ongoing development or bug fixes. You can then merge changes from the new codebase back into the production version. Tags are similar to versions, but you can create a tag on a set of files that applies to different versions of your files. So version 22 of FileA and version 19 of File B can both have the same tag. Yet another way to organize things and have a way to roll your code back that goes beyond just revision numbers. Finally, you can leverage the power of ANT to create deployment scripts that pull any version or tag from your repository and go through all of the steps necessary to move it to production. Things like: - zip the current code and back it up to another directory - prune all unit tests or other supporting files before deploying - substitute values like data source name, path, Mach-II production mode in the config file, or anything else into the code automatically - pull a specific version of the code from SVN - copy the files or move them via FTP or SFTP - set up a temporary "this site is in maintenace mode" page while the deployment happens - execute a browser request to force a framework or application-scope reload - etc And the beauty is, you can do all this just by clicking on a button. It happens exactly the same way every single time. When you have a lot of steps to do manually its easy to forget something or do it in the wrong order. ANT is like your robot slave, doing whatever you tell it to so you don't have to worry about any of it. A bit of a digression from just talking about the benefits of version control. And again, a great benefit of Eclipse is that ANT is built right into it. On 6/27/07, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would it be an "appropriate" perspective to say that > Eclipse and CFEclipse would be more for companies with > Multiple developers working together? > > I'm currently just coding everything in Homesite 5.5 and > It works fine for me. I'm an independent developer, so I don't > Have to worry about someone changing anything...checking out > Pages, etc. > > I don't have a running history of changes, but for versioning, > I just copy and paste the site folder and append a date and time on > It in case I want to go back to that version. > > I have considered Eclipse and CFEclipse, but it seems overkill based > On the conversation here... > > Thoughts on appropriateness for a sole developer? > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:49 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF Editor > > Yeah, but EX5.5 is defunk now, I mean didn't support stop on this like 2 > or > so years ago? > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Wed Jun 27 14:42:56 2007 > Subject: RE: CF Editor > > > I wasn't referring to Mark at all...that was directed at the > > people responding to bug reports for Eclipse. Instead of > > basically telling everyone with Vista they are SOL because > > the zipping protocol they use or something within how they > > zip their files doesn't work in Vista...they should be trying > > to fix that issue so that it is compatible with Vista...even > > if it is a limitation coming from Vista. By telling everyone > > tough crap...I'm not doing squat about it...it's a Vista > > issue and it is MS's problem, not theirs...that is a piss > > poor attitude. I can't imagine Symantec, Yahoo, or any other > > software company just say...tough crap...Vista users are just > > SOL...and anyone expect them to stay in business for long. > > Now granted Eclipse is free...but free does ensure success > > when they are being rude or acting like small children in > > anti-MS mode. > > If you can't imagine any other software company would just say "tough > crap", > you have been amazingly lucky. I get told "tough crap" all the time from > vendors who were happy to sell me things and take my money. Sometimes, > vendors won't even answer your questions without a support contract, and > then when you do get one, their answer is "that doesn't work" or "maybe in > the next release". > > I could list just the times that's happened this week - and it's only > Wednesday - but it's making me angry just thinking about it, and I'd > probably regret it later. Oh, well, here's a golden oldie from earlier > this > year. DST 2007 support for Exchange 5.5 - Microsoft says "tough crap, > unless > you want to pay us upward of $5k for a DLL that we have". > > And when "tough crap" boils down to "use Winzip", that's not really > putting > you out too much. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. 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