Installing and Setting up Subversion (SVN) Under Windows XP

nospam@example.com (Brendon Kozlowski) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:30:43 -0700

For a long time I've wanted to start using Subversion. I see all the benefits of using such a system, but I haven't taken the time to learn it. I've installed it (v1.3.2) a long time ago, but I never really did anything with it -- it was simply so I could interact with SmartSVN (a SVN client) to download others' repositories. I think it's about time I start using it in a more meaningful way on my own projects. In order to do this, I thought it would be best to start from scratch (and therefore uninstalled all previous, remotely related software). (For further learning on SVN, please visit Red-Bean's SVN Book online.)

So, it had been so long since I've done anything with Subversion, where was I to begin? I've read about all the great and wonderful things SVN can offer, but...how do I get it, how do I install it, and then how can I access it?
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20Couch - A new web-based Twitter Client

nospam@example.com (Brendon Kozlowski) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:56:26 -0700

Note: My review is of version 1.02, and the current version is already at either 1.06 or 1.07, fixing a few of the issues I had described in my discussion.

I've had the luxury recently to test out an application recently built to make it easier to follow along with our Twitter conversations. It's taken me about 4 weeks to finally get my review up on the web. Why? Because video/screen capture recording programs suck, that's why. After trying 3 different applications and trying to fix the video from one of them after-the-fact (which I took 2 days alone trying to fix it), I gave up and downloaded the trial of Camtasia Studio. Ironically, Camtasia crashed on me during post-processing. Thankfully I saved the project moments before.

Anyway... I did a video review so that I could talk freely for as long as I wanted without posting 20 odd pictures and causing huge scrolling. Unfortunately because the video was 20 minutes long, I couldn't upload it to Youtube (I couldn't get Camtasia to recognize my Youtube account information to upload it for me anyway), so it's currently an external link hosted on my own website.

Check it out here!

Update: I'm happy to announce that since I've skipped 5 minor versions (1.02 -> 1.07), 20Couch now has the ability to mark posts as read by a set timeframe:
- all
- older than 6 hours
- older than a day
- older than 2 days
- older than a week

Still no individual markings, but this is loads better. Also, this week was a code-storm week for Matt, developing one minor release each day of the week. Thanks for all of the hard work, Matt. Might I suggest some documentation on plugin and skin support? :)

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