David Sirr's ...stuff

So i've been using subversion for years at my various jobs and have found it indispensable. So i rightly thought, "how come i'm not just using this at home on my small projects and playground apps?"

It was time to fix this scenario and install SVN server on my home server (which is fine as it has a static internet IP and backup, so it's quite usable).

By far the simplest and most usable option i found for installing SVN server on windows is VisualSVN Server.

It was installed, and with its simple GUI, users created in groups and assigned to new repositories in under 5mins! It even has a secure apache rolled in for websvn that you can easily configure to a non-standard port.

There is really no excuse anymore for not giving yourself all the luxuries that SVN affords you.

I've added an essential software list to this blog that contains a list of software that i use daily in my web development and a second list of more general apps i can't live without. This is a great resource if you are new to a Mac dev environment and aren't sure what apps to use on OSX! I plan on keeping this list up to date whenever i find any awesome new apps

I'm still in the initial stages, but here is a useful tip: When adding subversion to the server make sure you *APPEND* to the system path rather than replace it! Don't be a unix noob like me and assume that because there was no PATH entry in the file that it wasn't in some other config file. So if you are editing /private/etc/profile: Instead of writing PATH = "/usr/mypath", use PATH = "$PATH:/usr/mypath" If you don't do that a whole load of things will mess up!!