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Vault 3.0 Gets it Right

I spent the better part of the day yesterday installing, configuring and playing around with Vault 3.  I needed a good, shared source control provider, preferably one that I could run on my hosting account at WebHost4Life over IIS and SQL. 

First, installation on my local machine was a snap!  The installer worked great, with no surprises. The application itself just worked. Yep. I didn't even read any docs, the thing just worked.  And when I say “worked”  I don't mean, “well took me a while to get my accounts and databases and connections setup, then it worked” ala VSS - it just worked. The server, the client, the whole thing. Perfect.

Once I had it working locally, I attempted to get it running on my shared WebHost4Life account.   This was a bit more difficult, but relatively simple if you're used to installing software on a shared web host.  The support forums helped a great deal.  If anyone's interested, I can post a walk through on how to do this.

So, here's a list of the things they got right.

Overall design model - WebServices/SQL Server - Right!
Installation - Good installer/optional xcopy  - Right!
Ability to run on shared host - Right!
Good support - Right!
Multiple Clients - Web/Standalone/Visual Studio Integration - Right!

Finally, the app just blows VSS out of the water, it's much much faster and easier to use.   Can't say enough good things about it. 

-Brendan



Comments

Dave said:

I second the motion to see a post detailing the steps to get it setup on a shared host.
# November 30, 2004 6:36 AM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Dave, Jeff. I'll try to put something together.
# November 30, 2004 7:12 AM

Travis Laborde said:

Brendan, me too! Please do post your steps to getting this to work at WebHost4Life. Having my Vault run at home (dynu) is great, but... at my shared host on WebHost4Life would be GREAT!
# December 2, 2004 5:45 AM

Jake Good said:

Definitely worth a writeup
# December 4, 2004 5:40 AM

Richard Dudley said:

Ditto on the writeup. Very interesting.
# December 7, 2004 6:18 AM

A Short Domain Name said:

# December 15, 2004 12:01 AM

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About Brendan Tompkins

Brendan has been programming with .NET since the first public beta and is owner and operator of Port Technology Services, a consultancy company providing .NET application development services to the Maritime industry. In July, 2007, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET. He's also a proud co-founder of failed .COM startup Intrinsigo, and has had a hand in the failure of numerous other businesses. He currently runs CodeBetter.Com and Devlicio.us, and lives in Norfolk, Virgina with his wife Tiara and son Ian.

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