Practical Software Configuration Management

With this book, individual developers and small development teams can gain the benefits of configuration management that were previously restricted to large organizations with large budgets.This pragmatic, easy-to-read guide to configuration management comes with all the freeware PC developers need to get started. Developers will learn the basic concepts of configuration management -- ways to keep track of source code files, graphical images, help files and other elements associated with software development. They will also learn how to customize basic configuration management techniques to their own working environments. The book focuses on the PC platform, discussing free and inexpensive tools and technologies, rather than the expensive, complex configuration management systems that have been developed for large teams.All PC software developers.

With this book, individual developers and small development teams can gain the benefits of configuration management that were previously restricted to large organizations with large budgets.This pragmatic, easy-to-read guide to configuration management comes with all the freeware PC developers need to get started. Developers will learn the basic concepts of configuration management -- ways to keep track of source code files, graphical images, help files and other elements associated with software development. They will also learn how to customize basic configuration management techniques to their own working environments. The book focuses on the PC platform, discussing free and inexpensive tools and technologies, rather than the expensive, complex configuration management systems that have been developed for large teams.All PC software developers.