Plastic SCM by Codice Software

C# Evaluator

2008-11-06T08:47:00Z

A month ago or so one of the most exciting new feaures of the upcoming Mono 2.2 was introduced: the C# Evaluator . (Although now, with the new Mono.SIMD, static compilation and so on, I'm not sure which one is the most exciting piece anymore?) Since Read More......(read more)

Branching Basics Video

2008-11-03T12:33:00Z

We just finished a new recording on branching basics with Plastic SCM. This part of an ongoing effort to publish a video every week or every other week that documents and outlines Plastic SCM features. The purpose of this video is to introduce users to Read More......(read more)

Plastic Quick Start Video

2008-11-03T12:30:00Z

Here is a video just recorded to walk users through some of the basic functionality and usability features available with Plastic SCM. This video picks up right after the point of installation and has a running time of 9:36. Click for Full Screen Video Read More......(read more)

Troubles in .NET remoting when IP changes

2008-10-26T11:58:00Z

I’m going to talk about an issue I had with remoting a few days ago when handling a specific scenario with a server and a client. You know remoting is no longer the newest and cooler technology out there, since WCF is being there for a while, but AFAIK Read More......(read more)

New blog posts

2008-10-21T14:37:00Z

I've started to post at DDJ's blog a couple of weeks ago, and so far I've written a couple of topics. In the first one I focus on the new Mono 2.0 release, and what I believe it means to developers out there. You can find the full text here Read More......(read more)

Agile Scrum, CMMi, Testing and Continuous Integration

2008-10-17T13:38:00Z

At Codice software we use a combination of software development practices and organizational strategies. Specifically we use CMMi (we are level 2 certified) and Scrum. An unlikely pair as one of these aims tightens up the development environment with Read More......(read more)

SSL Enabled Plastic Connections

2008-10-10T14:58:00Z

Here are instructions on how to configure Plastic SCM to communicate using a secure SSL channel between the client and server. First download and unzip the following package. Plastic_SSL_Files.zip . Next we are going to copy these files to specific locations Read More......(read more)

Check In Changes using Email

2008-09-18T16:27:00Z

Ever wonder if it was possible to use an SCM tool to check in changes through Email. Guess what? It is! There are many situations where a programmer may want to work on code but may not have direct access to the server. A VPN connection may not be available Read More......(read more)

Running Plastic on Ubuntu

2008-09-15T22:06:00Z

What would you think is harder to do? Run a .NET Client/Server application through mono on Linux or install Ubuntu on Microsoft's Virtual PC? The answer is installing Ubuntu (or any Linux) on Virtual PC. It happens to be pretty difficult and there Read More......(read more)

Firebird is faster than filesystem for blob storage!

2008-09-01T19:21:00Z

To blob or not to blob... good question! I guess if you develop data intensive applications dealing with large files at some point, you've thought about it at least once: should I put my data files inside the database or should I write them directly Read More......(read more)

What's coming? New Visual Studio AddIn

2008-08-27T15:17:00Z

Another day... another plugin. We're working on a new functionality which has been around since we first started working on our 2.0 release (looong ago on June 2007 or so): integrating the full GUI inside Visual Studio. And now, we're almost there Read More......(read more)

Configure SQL Server database backend

2008-08-25T12:01:47Z

Plastic can be configured to use different database backends to store data and metadata. This article will explain how to configure a SQL Server backend. By default Plastic works with a Firebird embedded database but it can be changed to work with other Read More......(read more)

Decompressing zip files with C#

2008-08-22T10:37:22Z

Which is the fastest way to decompress ZIP files (fragments actually) using C#? I tried with SharpZipLib vs zlib.net vs a wrapper on top of zlib 1.2.3. Which one is faster? I tried with the same test file, repeating 1000 times and these are the results Read More......(read more)

Plastic SCM working with Trac II

2008-08-19T06:40:39Z

Now we are going to see how the extension of Plastic SCM and Trac work, in this case using the second working mode: "task on changeset". As on the previous working mode, to use this extension, the first thing you will have to do is copy the Read More......(read more)

Building task branches with CruiseControl

2008-08-15T08:33:36Z

Welcome back PlastiKers! :-) If you follow this blog or if you've reading about the latest changes in version control all around, you're probably familiar with task branches. Simply put: it is all about keeping your mainline as stable as possible Read More......(read more)

How to use Plastic SCM and TechExcel DevTrack II

2008-08-11T23:19:52Z

As we saw on the previous post on how to use Plastic SCM and DevTrack extension, there are two different options to work with the extension, depending on the working pattern your company is using, we are now going to look into the “Task on Changeset” Read More......(read more)

Plastic SCM working with Trac

2008-08-10T09:00:00Z

Now it is the turn of another task tracking tool that Plastic provides extension with: Trac. Plastic SCM for Trac offers full data mapping features allowing data to be associated between both tools, improving to a great extent your development´s traceability Read More......(read more)

Xmerge tool to handle refactors (screencast)

2008-08-08T16:27:00Z

If you ever read this blog before, you have probably noticed we post about branching and merging from time to time :-P Ok, today I'm going to introduce the latest crazy idea we just had: Xmerge (cross-merge). What's cross-merge? Simply put: it Read More......(read more)

4 steps to make version control shine

2008-08-07T17:16:00Z

In the beginning everything was flat. Now, fortunately, it isn’t. Background Ok, why I’m writing this? Well, this week I had the chance to take a look at two great presentations from the OSCON 2008 : The first is from Mark Shuttleworth (Canonical, Ubuntu Read More......(read more)

How to use Plastic SCM and TechExcel DevTrack I

2008-08-07T06:43:00Z

As you may have already seen on previous post, Plastic SCM provides with the option of using it integrated with different task tracking tools as it integrates with some of the most extensively used systems in the market, you can have a look at the list Read More......(read more)

How to use Plastic SCM and Tech Excel Dev Track I

2008-08-01T07:23:00Z

Plastic SCM working with JIRA part II

2008-07-30T11:45:00Z

Let´s see now how to use Plastic SCM and JIRA using the "task on changeset" working mode: the first steps for setting up the extension would be the same ones as explained on the previous post for the "task on branch" option, the only Read More......(read more)

Plastic SCM working with JIRA Part I

2008-07-28T18:46:00Z

On the series of posts about Plastic SCM extension I am going to explain how to use Plastic SCM and JIRA for the benefit of users of this task tracking system. Plastic SCM for Atlassian JIRA provides reliable data mapping features that allow data type Read More......(read more)

Mono repository on Plastic

2008-07-25T10:09:00Z

We're working on a two way SVN synchronization with Plastic. It will enable dev groups using SVN to migrate to plastic little by little while they continue in synch with another locations which will take longer to move to plastic. As a test, we're Read More......(read more)

Plastic SCM and Mantis II

2008-07-25T10:03:00Z

As seen on the previous post, Plastic SCM and Mantis I, in order to use this extension, the first thing you will have to do is copy the ‘mantisextension.dll’’ library to Plastic SCM client fo,lder, and add the Mantis extension lines on the client.conf Read More......(read more)