SQLite 3.8.x with WAL support
Since Plastic 5.4.16.625 (Nov 21th 2014) we support the new 3.8.x SQLite series adding WAL (Write-Ahead-Logging).In short: it means if you’re using SQLite and Plastic, it will now work much better than...
View ArticleNative Linux GUI – gtkplastic
It is finally here! We went all the way from our old portable user interface (monoforms anyone?) to the brand new, GTK based, Linux native GUI. And here it is how it looks like:The more I get used to...
View ArticlePlastic meets Docker
Docker seems to be the new trend in application virtualization, and it is growing so fast that even Microsoft is getting ready to run Docker containers on Azure. They are also getting Windows ready to...
View ArticleInstall a Plastic server on Raspberry Pi
Installing a Plastic SCM server on a small Raspberry box is a straightforward process. Once you get Mono setup, you can download our “zip server distro” and get it up and running in seconds.This...
View ArticleIntegrating Plastic SCM with Slack
Plastic SCM has awesome features built in, but is difficult to address every user needs in a product of this kind. With that in mind, Codice Software created an automation layer, called CmdRunner. To...
View ArticlePlasticDrive – dynamic readonly workspaces as windows drives
PlasticDrive is a tool to mount a changeset as a Windows drive and let you quickly browse the code using your favorite tools (Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ…). Files are downloaded from the server on...
View ArticleWeb continuous integration with Plastic SCM and Azure
Microsoft defines Azure Websites as a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables you to build, deploy and scale enterprise-grade web Apps in seconds. Since most modern web development...
View ArticleHow to setup an encrypted server:
We are happy to announce a new Plastic SCM feature that allows configuring a server with encrypted data.It means that, in your organization, you can configure a central server where all the data is...
View ArticleUsing history to better explain branch differences
Release BL647 introduced a great step ahead in the way in which branch (and cset) differences are displayed and explained. Now it is possible to understandwhere each difference comes from:
View ArticleBamboo: Automatic merging of Plastic SCM branches
Atlassian's Bamboo is one of the most popular Continuous Integration servers, used by big enterprises and small startups alike. Of course, we released our own plugin to integrate Plastic SCM as a valid...
View ArticleJetBrain's IntelliJ 14 Android development
If you are a developer of Android Apps you are probably very familiar with the many Integrated Developer Environment (IDE) tools that are currently available. Several of the more prominent of these...
View ArticlePlastic Gluon is out – version control for artists
We’re happy to introduce Plastic Gluon today, a new Plastic designed with artists in mind. Find all the details here: www.plasticscm.com/gluon.html.Gluon doesn’t need extra licensing so if you have...
View ArticleAgile project management with Axosoft
In any software development process planning and making knowledge available for the entire team is a valuable resource. With the right information it is possible to reduce confusion among team members....
View Article.NET Beyond Windows
On November 2014 Microsoft announced their new strategy for the .NET future. The most important part of the announcement was the release of .NET Core 5 as a componentized framework that will be shipped...
View ArticleHolographic development with Unity
In January of this year Microsoft made public their most innovative and disruptive product in quite some time called HoloLens, an augmented reality headset that combines breakthrough hardware, input...
View ArticleDiff math
This blog post introduces a few hints about what you can expect when you diff changesets (commits) in your version control. Something similar to what we wrote to explain the difference between 2-way...
View ArticlePlastic SCM integration with Jenkins CI
Jenkins is an awesome open-source continuous integration (CI) tool built in Java and based on the Hudson project. The best feature of Jenkins is the ability to extend it using plugins that enable you...
View ArticleImproved text editor for diffs
The Windows GUI in release 674 is out and it comes with a greatly improved diff system!!!The new diff is based on a totally new text editor. It took us a while to complete the change but we believe the...
View ArticleTowards Semantic Version Control
The new release we’re announcing today, BL677, includes a feature that pretty much explains what our vision for the future is: semantic version control.It may sound like big words but it is a pretty...
View ArticleTrack refactored code across files with Plastic SCM
You refactor some code before doing a bug fix, you clean it up to better understand how it works, and leave the code in a better status than you found it, in purest boy-scout style :P.Then you move...
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