Twin Cities Code Camp

Version control is one of the most critical tools developers use: from keeping files safe, to tracking revisions, to enabling effective collaboration. Often, a VCS is selected on the basis of what is easily available or has previously been used; without consideration for the needs of the developers, how well it protects the work they create, or how it helps them work more effectively.

This session will cover the types of version control systems that are available, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to use them effectively; it will focus, in particular, on distributed version control systems, how they differ from centralized systems, and what is significant about those differences