Google allows us to host projects through googlecode which allows us to give access of our code or project to other members and then collaborate by sharing ideas and code. One of the ways we can cooperate on a single project is through the use of subversion. This program allows us to download files from our google repository and then after making changes, committed them for everyone else to download and view.
You can view my google project page here.
One of the most difficult things through this process was figuring out how to use the SVN client, SmartSVN, properly and direct it to my repository. Once I got the steps down, it was a simple task and took less than a minute to connect to a classmates repository to download their files. The other majority of the time was spent configuring the google group site to add members and have email notifications. Again this is a problem when you first start using these things.
One of the things I really took from this was the configuration management and using SVN. The ability to collaborate on a larger project without having to constantly contact and talk to other contributors is going to become a great asset to me in the near future. I'm planning on working with a few friends on an upcoming project. One of the things I really like about using our repository was the fact that it allowed for the tracking of changes. It will be a lot easier to quickly read through and understand new changes made by other contributors when it is highlighted for you.
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