https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2011/12/20/the-importance-of-development-environments/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2011/12/20/the-importance-of-development-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-288817 Steve Bryant Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:27:42 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=1749#comment-288817 For me, it is the combination of source control and unit tests that enables me to experiment at will. Without source control I can't get back to a working state. Without unit tests, I am not sure that I have one. For me, it is the combination of source control and unit tests that enables me to experiment at will. Without source control I can't get back to a working state. Without unit tests, I am not sure that I have one.

]]> https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2011/12/20/the-importance-of-development-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-288785 Honey Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:41:01 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/?p=1749#comment-288785 We're pretty close over here but 4 and 5 are out the window. I miss our shared workplace when I could commit whenever I felt like it (which was early and often, of course). I guess maybe I am too lazy, knowing that I have to create a branch for every change so that my commits are not "accidentally" pushed out prematurely. Emergency bug fixes mean a whole lot of switching. We're pretty close over here but 4 and 5 are out the window. I miss our shared workplace when I could commit whenever I felt like it (which was early and often, of course). I guess maybe I am too lazy, knowing that I have to create a branch for every change so that my commits are not "accidentally" pushed out prematurely. Emergency bug fixes mean a whole lot of switching.

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