Let’s not beat around the bush. I love Microsoft’s Team Foundation Service. At the Alpha Job, we use SVN and I have Tortoise SVN installed to help me manage my interactions. We used TFS for one project, and I liked it so much more than the Tortoise Challenge. But, we were evicted from the TFS server due to cheap assedness. Needless to say, the 5 user freebie TFS-in-the-sky is perfect for my small projects.
What’s great:
- Source code management! “In the cloud”!
- Tight integration with Visual Studio
- Add/Edit work items from the IDE
- Update work items on commit
- Agile planning and task board online
What I’m getting used to:
- Agile planning and task board online
- Project and team work space planning
What needs work:
- Work space management tools are CLI tools rather than being online options or available in Visual Studio
I’ve paid for a couple of different SVN services, but like this offering from Microsoft (even free for a small team!) much better. I’m going to try out the Eclipse plug-in, and understand that I can even connect XCode’s GIT repository to it. Good stuff. Good stuff.
