We take a deep dive into the benefits of version control and version control systems. Learn more about versioning. Version control, also known as source control, is the practice of tracking and ...

Development projects require a team of developers all working on the same code at the same time. With this level of collaboration comes the risk of something going ...

We discuss the differences between versioning and version control in a software development environment. Learn more. In software management, you will often hear about the concepts of versioning and ...

Everybody needs software version control, observes David Parker, director of production for Serena Software Inc. (www.serena.com), a San Mateo, Calif., firm that focuses on assisting companies in ...

Everything changes, especially software. Version-control software exists to monitor its modifications, establish a record of those and who made them, and constantly upgrade software to current system ...

Effective Version Control is a cornerstone of successful software development. It allows you to precisely define and reproduce software versions, which is crucial for debugging, collaboration, and ...

As embedded systems become increasingly complex and incorporate new features and components with each generation, it is no longer possible for teams of two or three engineers to meet their demanding ...

Here at ProfHacker we’ve written a lot about backups, but never about version control. In fact, when I recently wrote “A Few Ways to Back Up Your Website”, I ...

To understand Git and the concept of version control, looking at version control from an historical perspective is helpful. There have been three generations of version control software. The first ...

Complex, specialized tools are often made from simpler ones. Machines are built with power drills; software is built with code editors. And so the future of computing depends partly on coding ...