Algunas características de TFS 2010

 

• Folder versioning. Rapid refactoring often involves changing not just the code but also it’s structure. TFS Folder versioning supports this.
• Branching. Within an iteration/sprint each individual/pair/feature crew might want their own branch or branches in order to support parallel development across the team. TFS branching helps to support this and, importantly, to track what’s happening with branch visualisation and timeline tracking. Branches are now first class citizens in TFS 2010 and as such have fine grained permissions and capabilities.
• Shelving. This TFS feature allows a developer to “park” code in a sand boxed area on the TFS server such that it is safe, but won’t effect anyone else’s code or any builds. This can help with safely sharing code, including code reviews.
• Annotation. In a rapidly changing codebase annotation allows you to overlay who did what and when into the source code itself. This can help quickly identify exactly what lines of code were changed, by who, and for what reason, in a specific build.
• Check-In Policies. Rapid code changes and check-ins shouldn’t mean that code quality suffers. TFS check-in policies allow you to define a quality gate to ensure that all code reaches a certain quality before it reaches the repository. For example, specific unit tests have been run and passed and code has been associated with one or more user stories or tasks.
• Change Sets. Maintaining the context of a check-in becomes even more important with rapid, frequent check-ins. Why did that code get checked in? A change set identifies which files were checked in and what user stories or tasks were associated with the check-in. To be able to go back and understand why changes were made (e.g. these files were checked in to fix bug 23) can save considerable time and effort at a later point in the project.
• TFS Proxy Server. Allows a remote team to get versions of the code and checkout from a local cache, rather than having to traverse a WAN to the central TFS server.