Software Configuration Management Patterns or Expert SQL Server 2005 Development

Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration

Author: Stephen P Berczuk

Effective software configuration management (SCM) strategies promote a healthy, team-oriented culture that produces better software. Software Configuration Management Patterns alleviates software engineers' most common concerns about software configuration management—perceived rigidity and an overemphasis on process.

Through the use of patterns, the authors show that a properly managed workflow can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. The patterns approach illustrates how SCM can be easily and successfully applied in small- to mid-size organizations. By learning how these patterns relate to each other, readers can avoid common mistakes that too often result in frustrated developers and reduced productivity.

Key coverage includes instruction on how to:

Develop the next version of a product while fixing problems with the current one.

Develop code in parallel with other developers and join up with the current state of codeline.

Identify what versions of code went into a particular component.

Analyze where a change happened in the history of a component's development.

Use current tools more effectively, and decide when to use a manual process.

Incrementally introduce good practices into individual workspaces and throughout the organization.

Identify crucial aspects of the software process so that team projects can run smoothly.

Build and foster a development environment focused on producing optimal teamwork and quality products.

Software Configuration Management Patterns also includes a detailed listof SCM tools and thorough explanations of how they can be used to implement the patterns discussed in the book. These proven techniques will assist readers to improve their processes and motivate their workforce to collaborate in the production of higher quality software.

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Table of Contents:

	List of Figures
	Foreword
	Preface
	Contributor's Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Background	1
Ch. 1	Putting a System Together	3
Ch. 2	The Software Environment	19
Ch. 3	Patterns	33
Pt. II	The Patterns	47
Ch. 4	Mainline	49
Ch. 5	Active Development Line	59
Ch. 6	Private Workspace	67
Ch. 7	Repository	79
Ch. 8	Private System Build	87
Ch. 9	Integration Build	97
Ch. 10	Third Party Codeline	103
Ch. 11	Task Level Commit	111
Ch. 12	Codeline Policy	117
Ch. 13	Smoke Test	123
Ch. 14	Unit Test	129
Ch. 15	Regression Test	135
Ch. 16	Private Versions	141
Ch. 17	Release Line	147
Ch. 18	Release-Prep Code Line	153
Ch. 19	Task Branch	157
Ch. 20	Referenced Patterns	163
App. A	SCM Resources Online	165
App. B	Tool Support for SCM Patterns	171
	Photo Credits	195
	About the Photos	197
	Bibliography	199
	Index	207

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Expert SQL Server 2005 Development

Author: Adam Machanic

While building on the skills you already have, Expert SQL Server 2005 Development will help you become an even better developer by focusing on best practices and demonstrating how to design high-performance, maintainable database applications.

This book starts by reintroducing the database as a integral part of the software development ecosystem. You'll learn how to think about SQL Server development as you would any other software development. For example, there's no reason you can't architect and test database routines just as you would architect and test application code. And nothing should stop you from implementing the types of exception handling and security rules that are considered so important in other tiers, even if they are usually ignored in the database.

You'll learn how to apply development methodologies like these to produce high-quality encryption and SQLCLR solutions. Furthermore, you'll discover how to exploit a variety of tools that SQL Server offers in order to properly use dynamic SQL and to improve concurrency in your applications. Finally, you'll become well versed in implementing spatial and temporal database designs, as well as approaching graph and hierarchy problems.