Re: CVS is your friend

Tobias Schlitt wrote: > > > "You" finnally got the thing. Flat representation, one folder per > > package. > So, maybe someone can really explain to me, why you all demand on this flat > directory structure? Well, I see the definite advantage to the flat directory structure. It makes it much easier to modify the package.xml to fit a different directory structure. It is also easier to browse. Maybe people working in a gui don't realize that when you work in a shell, every directory level requires more typing and is one more thing that can go wrong. I develop in my cvs directory. Here's how I do it. First, I'm mostly using vim in a unix shell. I create a basic test file that can run in the cvs directory and output the results directly to the screen. For most packages that don't require testing the gui interface, that should suffice. And then, of course, it's nice to use unit tests to make sure you don't break anything. If you indeed want to test it on a "live" application (installed hopefully on a dev server), simply $ pear upgrade package.xml (which has to be kept current, of course. Then reload the page in your browser, and see if you get what you want. Of course, you can also set up unit tests with html output, modify them to use the cvs source directory and place them where your browser can get to them. Anyway, that's how I work. Btw, Tobias, all my emails to you get bounced. I wrote an email before the Frankfurt conference about the shirts, and it bounced, too. No idea why! Maybe you could look into it. Thanks, Klaus