Using Subversion with Dreamweaver CS4 – Part 1: Introducing Subversion

With the release of Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe has implemented support for the Subversion version control system (VCS). Now, web designers and developers can gain all of the benefits afforded by a VCS that have long been recognized and enjoyed by more traditional code developers. The goal of Adobe in implementing this feature is to improve the workday of Dreamweaver users. No longer do designers/developers have to use one graphical user interface (GUI) for web development and another separate GUI to manage their VCSs. This integration greatly improves the designer/developer workflow.

Note: The Dreamweaver CS4 integration with Subversion is not intended as a full-featured Subversion client. Although Dreamweaver CS4 does not offer all of the advanced features that are available in other Subversion clients, it does give Dreamweaver users the ability to integrate Subversion into their daily workflows.

This is Part 1 of a three-part article series in which I will explain why designers/developers will find Subversion useful and how they might integrate VCS use into their current workflows. To get you started, I will focus on some basic VCS concepts as well as the reasons for using such a tool. Later I will cover how to integrate Subversion into your workflow. In Part 2, I show you how to configure Dreamweaver CS4 to use a Subversion repository, and in Part 3, I explain how to create your own repository.

If you are already familiar with VCS concepts, you may want to proceed to Part 2: Configuring Dreamweaver CS4 to use Subversion.

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