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MDR Episode 007: Source Code Management

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Scotty Discusses WWDC, Source Control Management and some Mac picks with Mac software developers Martin Pilkington, John C. Fox, Danny Greg, Dave Dribin and Collin Wheeler 

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Guests 

Martin Pilkington
Company: M Cubed Software 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/ 
Product: Minim 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/software/minim 
Product: Code Collector Pro 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/software/codecollectorpro 

John C. Fox
Company: GroupSmarts 
Product: MemoryMiner 
Website: http://www.memoryminer.com/ 

Danny Greg
Company: Fastforward Software 

http://www.fastforwardsw.com/ 

Product: BitClamp 
Website: BitClamp – Encrption software for Mac OS X 

http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/bitclamp/ 

Dave Dribin
Company: Bit Maki Inc. 

http://www.bitmaki.com/ 

Website: Dave Driben: Welcome 

http://www.dribin.org/dave/ 

Collin Wheeler
Product: RedFlag 

http://code.google.com/p/redflag/ 

Website: Cocoa Samurai 

http://cocoasamurai.blogspot.com/ 

Discussion of attending Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference and sessions 
Website: Apple Developer Connection – World Wide Developers Conference 2008 

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ 

Source Control Management Systems(Alphabetical Order):

Bazaar
Webiste: Welcome – Bazaar Version Control 

http://bazaar-vcs.org/ 

BitKeeper
Website: 
BitKeeper – The Scalable Distributed Software Configuration Management System 

http://www.bitkeeper.com/ 

CVS
Website: CVS – Open Source Version Control 

http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ 

Git
Website: Git – Fast Version Control System 

http://git.or.cz/ 

Mercurial
Wesite: Marcurial – Mercurial 

http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/ 

Subversion
Website: subversion.tigris.org 

http://subversion.tigris.org/ 

Discussion Topics
Why should a solo developer use a source control management system? 
Branching 
Merging and Merging Issues 
Locking 
Collision Management Tools 
GUI vs. Command Line 

IntelliJ IDEA
Website: 
IntelliJ IDEA 

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ 

svnX
Wesite: 
La Chose : web agency and software maker – agence web et development de logiciels 

http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/community/subversion/svnx/features/?sid=96a96a09d860a4f5913690bc16c2e36b 

Versions
Website: Versions – Mac Subversion Client 

http://www.versionsapp.com/ 

ZigVersion
Website: ZigZig Software – ZigVersion 

http://zigversion.com/ 

Labeling/Tagging 

Other Tools:

GITK
Webiste: GITK – Generalized Toolkit: Index 

http://gitk.sourceforge.net/ 

Hgk
website: Hgk Extension 

http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/HgkExtension 

Installation 

MacPorts
Website: The MacPorts Project — Home 

http://www.macports.org/ 

Online Source Control Services 

ProjectLocker
Website: 
ProjectLocker: Subversion Hosting, Trac Hosting, Software Quality On Demand 

http://projectlocker.com/ 

Versionshelf
Website: Versionshelf – Effortless, Sercure Subversion Hosting 

http://www.versionshelf.com/ 

Sourceforge
Website: SourceForget,net: Welcome to SourceForge,net 

http://sourceforge.net/ 

Google Code
Website: Google Code 

http://code.google.com/ 

Other Websites

Clickable Bliss
Website: Ckickable Bliss – Welcome 

http://clickablebliss.com/ 

Books 

Core Animation for OS X: Creating Dynamic Compelling User Interfaces
by Bill Dudney 
Webite: The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Core Animation for OS X 

http://pragprog.com/titles/bdcora/core-animation-for-os-x 

Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion
by Mike Mason 
Webite: The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion 

http://www.pragprog.com/titles/svn2/pragmatic-version-control-using-subversion 

Version Control with Subversion
Website: Version Control with Subversion 

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ 

Eric Sink’s Weblog
Website: Eric Sink’s Weblog 

http://www.ericsink.com/ 

Unconventional Uses of Version Control Systems 

Josh Carter Blog
Webiste: multipart/mixed 

http://joshcarter.com/ 

Unison
Website: Unison File Synchronizer 

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ 

Picks:

John 

Robbie Hanson
Deusty Designs 

http://deusty.blogspot.com/ 

Port Map
Website: TheCodingMonkeys 

http://www.codingmonkeys.de/ 

Martin 

AppKiDo
Website: AppKiDo 

http://homepage.mac.com/aglee/downloads/appkido.html 

Danny 

DMG Packager
Website: SkoobySoft – DMG Packager 

http://freespace.virgin.net/jeremy.dronfield/skoobysoft/utilities/dmgp.html 

Dave 

otool
Website: Mac OS X Developer Tools Manual Page For otool(1) 

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/otool.1.html 

ClassDump
Website: CocoaDev: ClassDump 

http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?ClassDump 

otx
Website: otx 

http://otx.osxninja.com/ 

Collin 

F-Script
Website: F-Script Home 

http://www.fscript.org/ 

Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach
Website: Mac OS X Internals: The Book 

http://www.osxbook.com/ 

Scotty 

TypeRacer
Website: TypeRacer 

http://play.typeracer.com/ 

Plugs:

John 

Product: MemoryMiner 
Website: 
MemoryMiner – Digital Storytelling Software For Mac & Windows – Homepage 

http://www.memoryminer.com/ 

Blog: http://www.memoryminer.com/blog/ 

Martin 
Company: M Cubed Software 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/ 
Product: Minim 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/software/minim 
Product: Code Collector Pro 
Website: http://www.mcubedsw.com/software/codecollectorpro 

Danny
Product: BitClamp 
Website: BitClamp – Encrption software for Mac OS X 

http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/bitclamp/ 

Product: Latitude 
Website: Latitude – Project Far A 21st Century Browser 

http://latitudebrowser.com/ 

Blog: dannygreg.com 

http://dannygreg.com/ 

Dave
Company: Bit Maki Inc. 

http://www.bitmaki.com/ 

Blog: Dave Driben: Welcome 

http://www.dribin.org/dave/ 

The Road To Code 
MacTech Magazine 
Website: MacTech Magazine 

http://www.mactech.com/ 

Collin
Product: RedFlag 

http://code.google.com/p/redflag/ 

Website: Cocoa Samurai 

http://cocoasamurai.blogspot.com/ 

Scotty
The Mac Developer Network 
Website: The Mac Developer Network Recent Posts 

http://www.macdevnet.com/ 

Send feedback, comments and questions to scotty@macdevnet.com. 

Late Night Cocoa show notes produced by Patrick Cassell
Patrick’s Weblog: Aspiring Mac Developer Weblog 

http://patrickcassell.wordpress.com/ 

Show Edited by Andrew Nixon.

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