Source Control Management

Having trouble viewing the e-mail below?
http://www.informit.com/guides/newsletter.aspx?st=67323&g=dotnet

.NET Newsletter - Nov 22, 2009

.NET Reference Guide

Hosted by Jim Mischel

I learned the value of source control management (SCM) years ago when working on a multi-developer project. It only takes one or two incidents of somebody overwriting your major changes with a minor bug fix to convince you that there has to be a better way. Surprisingly, there are developers even today who discount the value of SCM and refuse to use it, despite its obvious benefits. This week I introduce the idea of Source Control Management, explain why you should use it and what kinds of things you should put under management. Next week we'll take a look at a few of the source control options available to .NET developers.

I mentioned Mario Hewardt's Advanced .NET Debugging a couple of weeks ago as the book for information about debugging .NET programs. One area of .NET that is notoriously difficult to debug using the normal Visual Studio tools is the managed heap. Visual Studio tools just don't give the kind of detailed information you need in order to find and fix problems that affect the managed heap. However, as he shows in his sample chapter, Advanced .NET Debugging: Managed Heap and Garbage Collection, it is possible to debug such problems with the native tools, and doing so is not terribly difficult. Even if you don't have a heap corruption problem, this article is worth reading just to get a better understanding of how the managed heap and garbage collection work.

Visit The .NET Reference Guide

New Content

Articles (See All)

Advanced .NET Debugging: Managed Heap and Garbage Collection
By Mario Hewardt

Blogs (See All)

"Highly unlikely" does not mean "impossible"
By Jim Mischel

It's Here; Put Away Your Pre-Conceptions on What an OS Must Be: Part II
By John Traenkenschuh

It's Here; Put Away Your Pre-Conceptions on What an OS Must Be: Part I
By John Traenkenschuh

New Books and Safari Books

Store (See All)

Advanced .NET Debugging
By Mario Hewardt
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional-Nov 9, 2009
Premium Member Price: $39.99 USD (Save 20%)

Advanced .NET Debugging, Adobe Reader
By Mario Hewardt
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional-Oct 22, 2009
Premium Member Price: $31.99 USD (Save 20%)

Safari Books (See All)

Programming .NET Compact Framework 3.5, 2nd Edition
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional-Sep 10, 2009

Just Published: Advanced .NET Debugging

Advanced .NET Debugging is the first focused, pragmatic guide to tracking down today's most complex and challenging .NET application bugs. Buy the book.

Celebrate 15 Years of Design Patterns

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original Design Patterns from the Gang of Four, InformIT brings you a series of exclusive interviews, articles, and commentaries around Design Patterns and its impact. Find out what influence this landmark book has had on the leaders in software development and save 30% when you purchase from our select list of classic patterns titles.

Try the New and Improved Safari Books Online

Release 6.0 is packed with new features, time-saving tools and more technology, digital media and business books and videos than ever before. We've made it even easier to find, organize and access the information you need on a daily basis, all for one low monthly price. See for yourself! For a very limited time, sign up for a Safari Library account absolutely free - no strings attached!

Register to Win a Loaded Kindle

InformIT and the publishing imprints of Pearson are giving away two Amazon Kindle wireless reading devices, loaded with 6 Kindle eBooks (published by Pearson) of the winner's choice. The Pearson publishing imprints have more than 800 titles available for the Kindle so you can take your technical library with you for easy access and reference. Register to win today.

Grab Our .NET RSS Feeds

You can get our .NET Reference Guide additions or our Programming or .NET Articles and Sample Chapters in your RSS Aggregator.

Become a Member and Save!

Share a bit of information with us about yourself, and we'll share extra discount with you for many of the great titles in our store.

© Copyright 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. - InformIT division. All rights reserved. 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Change your e-mail address or update your profile .
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, or from all InformIT newsletters, visit our unsubscribe page and follow the posted instructions.
Suggestions, questions, or feedback on the site or the newsletter.