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SimonMac replied

2 September 2011, 10:17
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

He isn't using it because it's good. But because someone will pay him for knowing it!

WDS!

I'm not a dev, so it is the other side of TFS I want to get my hand in
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Mehmeh replied

2 September 2011, 09:28
unless you want to be a TFS admin or release manager. there isn't much to learning TFS....you check code in and select a story it's related to...it all lives within visual studio and is easy peasy.

If you want to learn that then maybe try connecting visual studio with a hosted tfs project on codeplex or something.

If you want to be the guy that installs and consults on TFS to companies then go ahead and install it.

If you have a visual studio professional or above MSDN subscription then TFS is FREE for you, just download it in msdn subscription downloads
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eek replied

2 September 2011, 09:16
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

It's not difficult to use - bone up on the basics and blag it. All you really need to do as a user is:
create a local repositary

check items out for editing

get items for read only

undo updates on checked out items

check items in

Oh and remembering to uncheck the "preserve pending changes locally" checkbox when shelving work.

You can truly screw things up if people fail to do that correctly come build day.
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Spacecadet replied

2 September 2011, 08:37
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

Any one got any experience of TFS? It seems to be one of the more popular source code repositories so want to skill up while I am benched.

Two questions:

Anyone know of any good reference books and secondly, whats the best way to get a test server to play around with, I know most M$ products give you a trial usage but is it a bit pointless without anything to put in it?!

It's not difficult to use - bone up on the basics and blag it. All you really need to do as a user is:
create a local repositary

check items out for editing

get items for read only

undo updates on checked out items

check items in
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Scrag Meister replied

2 September 2011, 08:13
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Use SVN, pocket 50% of the money and send 50% to me for good advice.

HTH

WAtWS

Doh! I'm ageeing with Alexei. Sorry folks.
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d000hg replied

1 September 2011, 17:21
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Use SVN, pocket 50% of the money and send 50% to me for good advice.

HTH

He isn't using it because it's good. But because someone will pay him for knowing it!

On a serious note, AtW have you blogged on the technical and dev setup you guys use?
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AtW replied

1 September 2011, 16:21
Use SVN, pocket 50% of the money and send 50% to me for good advice.

HTH
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SimonMac started a topic Team Foundation Server

1 September 2011, 13:53
Team Foundation Server

Any one got any experience of TFS? It seems to be one of the more popular source code repositories so want to skill up while I am benched.

Two questions:

Anyone know of any good reference books and secondly, whats the best way to get a test server to play around with, I know most M$ products give you a trial usage but is it a bit pointless without anything to put in it?!
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