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To group and sort resources in the Integrated Solutions Console, you can also
use the Category field, which is available for all resources in the Integrated
Solutions Console. In this text field, you can enter, for example, a keyword and
then sort your resource on the Category column. So, instead of including the
name of the application in the resource name, you enter the application name in
the Category field instead. If you have several different database vendors, you
might also want to include the name of the database vendor for further
explanation. The Category field is a good place to do that.
8.5 Source code management
In development, it is important to manage generations of code. Carefully
organize and track application builds and the source code used to create them to
avoid confusion. In addition to tracking the version of the source code, it is
equally important to track the version of the build tools and which machine was
used to generate a build. Not all problems are due to bugs in source code.
Developers produce code and usually use an Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) such as the Rational Application Developer Assembly and
Deploy V7.5 or Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.5 to
do that. Code in an IDE is stored in a workspace on the file system, usually
locally on each developer’s machine. As the project continues, and perhaps new
members join the team, the code grows and it becomes necessary to manage
the code in a central master repository. This allows for the following advantages:
► Development team collaboration (work on common code)
► Code versioning (managing which versions are in which releases)
► Wider team collaboration (access for project managers, testers)
SCM systems are used for these purposes. Rational Application Developer
Assembly and Deploy V7.5 and Rational Application Developer for WebSphere
Software V7.5 support Rational ClearCase, CVS, and Subversion as SCM
systems.
8.5.1 Rational ClearCase
Rational ClearCase organizes its code repositories as Versioned Object Bases
(VOBs). VOBs contain versioned file and directory elements. Users of Rational
ClearCase are organized according to their roles. Each user has their own view
of the data that is in the VOB on which they are working. Rational ClearCase
tracks VOBs, views, and coordinates the checking in and checking out of VOB
data to and from views.
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