Real World Software Configuration Management

Real World Software Configuration Management is designed for use with the latest versions of Visual Studio .NET/6.0, Visual SourceSafe 6.0c, and CVS 1.11. Sean Kenefick provides an extensive overview on software configuration/software development and numerous real-world examples with lots of working code. While other books tend to focus on software configuration management theory, Kenefick focuses on practical solutions and processes that developers can benefit from.

Most of the time, configuration management is thrust upon a junior programmer or someone from another department who knows very little about configuration management. Real World Software Configuration Management is mostly designed with this person in mind, although more experienced programmers will find the information on Visual Studio, Visual SourceSafe, and CVS beneficial.

Contents

Part One

The Role
Chapter 1 Getting to Know the SCM Role
Chapter 2 The SCM and the Software Development Process
Chapter 3 All About the Source

Part Two
The Tools
Chapter 4 Source Control Tools
Chapter 5 CVS
Chapter 6 SourceSafe

Part Three
The Tasks
Chapter 7 In the SCM Lab
Chapter 8 Basic Builds
Chapter 9 Builds for Windows .NET
Chapter 10 Installations
Chapter 11 Deployment and Build Afterthoughts