Introducing Version Control to Database-Centric Applications in a Small Enterprise

Employing version control and separating test and production systems from each other are well-known software engineering practices. However, small software development organizations sometimes neglect the corresponding tools and processes, partly because they lack experience, and partly because of ge...

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Published in:IEEE software 2007-01, Vol.24 (1), p.38-44
Main Authors: Ploski, J., Hasselbring, W., Rehwinkel, J., Schwierz, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Authentication
Companies
Computer programs
configuration management process
Customers
Data analysis
Data processing
database management
Debugging
Decoupling
Distributed databases
Linux
Network servers
On-line systems
Organization theory
Organizations
process implementation and change
Production
Servers
Small business
Software
Software development
Software engineering
Software industry
Software testing
Source code
Version control
Visual databases
Web and internet services
Web server
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Summary:Employing version control and separating test and production systems from each other are well-known software engineering practices. However, small software development organizations sometimes neglect the corresponding tools and processes, partly because they lack experience, and partly because of genuine technical challenges. For example, decoupling the production and test environments using version control software is no trivial exercise in an environment of conflicting requirements, tight budget constraints and a high-volume, business-critical online database that must be kept synchronized with the source code. The authors' method of database schema version control converts schema elements into textual configuration items that an organization can manage using freely available open source tools
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2007.17