The document discusses using distributed version control systems (DVCS) like Git and Mercurial with Eclipse. It summarizes Intland Software's codeBeamer product, which is an application lifecycle management solution that integrates with DVCS. The document outlines how codeBeamer is used by customers for tasks like requirements management, issue tracking, and distributed development. It then compares the workflows for centralized and distributed version control before providing an example workflow for mobile app development. The document concludes by explaining why Intland chose to support DVCS.

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Process Improvement in Distributed Software Development
Using Eclipse with Mercurial or Git
Eclipse Integrated Development Day
October 12, 2010
Michael Lukas
Intland Software

2. Agenda
• Intland Software
• codeBeamer
• Customers
• How do customers use our products
• Centralized vs. distributed VCS
• Working with Centralized VCS
• Working with distributed VCS
• Mobile applications workflow example
• Why Intland choose a DVCS
• Questions & Answers
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3. Intland Software
• Intland Software provides
collaborative ALM solutions.
• Intland is driving different
DVCS related open source
projects:
1. EclipseMercurial plug-in
2. codeBeamer ALM for Eclipse,
Git, Mercurial
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Collaboration
Engine

4. codeBeamer
codeBeamer is a collaborative, web-based Application Lifecycle
Management(ALM) solution for software development. It provides
more transparency, improves your software development and
business processes.
Main Functions:
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- Knowledge Management with Wiki
- Document Management
- Release Management
- Tracker Function – Tracking
requirements, tasks, change requests,
bugs and tests
- SCM: CVS, Subversion, Git and
Mercurial
Eclipse Integrations:
- codeBeamer Eclipse Studio (CBES)
- Hg Eclipse

5. Where codeBeamer takes place
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development methods: V-Model ,Agile, Scrum
codeBeamer

6. Screenshot of codeBeamer 5.5
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7. Eclipse Screenshot – HgEclipse & CBES
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Customers

9. • ITIL Management
• Change Management
• Process Management
• Knowledge Management
• Requirements Management
• Project Support
• Communication
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• Distributed Software
Development
• Issue/ Excel- Tracking
• Ticketing System
• Business Process Monitoring
• Marketing and Sales
How do Customers use our Products

10. Centralized vs. Distributed VCS
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Repository
Michael
Dagmar
Klaus
Dagmar
KlausMichael
Distributed
VCS
commitupdate
pushpull
Centralized VCS

11. Working with Centralized VCS System
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Shared Repository
developer developer developer
Centralized Systems (SVN, CVS, CC, ..)
-Windows/Linux
-Eclipse + Subclipse
-Web browser

12. Chicago
Working with Distributed VCS
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codeBeamer ALM,
collaboration
Berlin Beijing
Git/Mercurial
Repositories
Developer Workstation:
•Windows/Linux (VMWARE)
•Eclipse + Git/Mercurial plug-in
•Git/Mercurial
•Web browser

13. Integration Workflow
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Release
repository
Developer
local
Developer
local
Integration
Manager
Developer
public
Developer
public

14. Mobile Applications Workflow Example
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Untrusted-
Repository
Release
Repository
Mobile
Apps
Bluetooth AppNavigation App
App
Developer
App
Developer
App
Developer
App
Developer
•open-source
compliance check
•code review

15. Why we choose a DVCS?
• Offline commits
• Fast local operations
• More robust for our distributed teams
• Fine-grained commits
• Searchable history
• Branching and merging is a natural task
• Better workflows Better processes
• Clean main repository
• Simplified Backup
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16. Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
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17. Thank you for your attention
Thank you for your attention
For any further information
please visit our homepage:
www.intland.com
www.javaforge.com
HgEclipse: http://www.javaforge.com/project/HGE
codeBeamer Eclipse Studio: http://www.javaforge.com/project/CBES
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18. Contact information
Contact & further information
Michael Lukas
michael.lukas@intland.com
Phone: (EU) +49-711-67400681
• General information: www.intland.com or www.javaforge.com
• Follow @intland on Twitter: http://twitter.com/intland
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