CollabNet Desktop Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio Editions

Visual Studio 2010

CollabNet, Visual Studio Industry Partner, announces plans to simultaneously-ship CollabNet Desktop Visual Studio Edition with Visual Studio 2010. CollabNet Desktops allow developers to work in their preferred IDE while accessing the rich features and functionality of the CollabNet TeamForge™ ALM platform and the Subversion software configuration management (SCM) tool.

Quality and Productivity Gains

CollabNet Desktop – Eclipse Edition and CollabNet Desktop – Visual Studio Edition unify access for all the phases of software development and serves as a hub within the IDE for all change management and version control activity for the .NET and JAVA developer.

The latest versions increase developer productivity with even more seamless integration and an all-new graphical point-and-click interface. Associations between pieces of code or between code and defects are now made with drag-and-drop precision, eliminating the need for error-prone re-typing or cutting and pasting of defect numbers. Multiple issue and bug trackers are now supported for end-to-end collaboration between developers and testers for defect management.

The AnkhSVN and Subclipse components of the desktop solutions enable developers to perform common Subversion-related tasks without leaving their IDE, including viewing the status of source code, updating a Subversion working copy, committing changes, and browsing repositories.

• Source Code Management: access repositories and perform all Subversion-related activities with support of a powerful interface for merge tracking, graphical conflict resolution, and tree conflict handling.
• Requirements, Issue Tracking, Project Management, Collaboration: easily open requirements documents, link code changes to issues, manage timelines, and search discussion forums and wikis across projects.

• Continuous Build & Test Integration: set the rules that drive build behavior and alerts. Access issues logged automatically to your issue tracking system for unsuccessful builds or manage file releases from successful builds.
• Lab Management: dynamically provision build and test servers right from your IDE using a graphical interface. Manage resources in a private or a public cloud.

Instant access to projects

It's easy to get up and running with CollabNet Desktops. Provide only a URL and credentials for initial setup, and immediately see a list of all your projects. Configuration and access to related Subversion repositories for source code management, issue tracking, documents and other project artifacts are completed automatically behind the scenes. No additional configuration is required, so useful information is available immediately without the hassle.