Introduction to Zend Studio for Eclipse

Zend Studio for Eclipse has the SVN Repository Exploring perspective

　Zend Studio for Eclipse has a number of views that are specifically designed for working within the SVN parameters. In fact they are collected into a designated perspective called the SVN Repository Exploring perspective.

　The views in this perspective are primarily used to interact with the repository itself and not the checked out versions that your programmers will be working with on a day-to-day basis. The repository is the location of the protected source code that you would normally interact with via the SVN commands of commit, update, and so on.

You can see the repository information

　As you are establishing your connection to the repository of code files however, it is a good idea to access this perspective and make your initial connections between the repository server and your local copy of the development environment.

　To do this you would right-click on the SVN Repositories view and select new from the pop-up menu. You will see a screen similar to that shown in figure 2 where you will provide all your connection coordinates for the server that the repository is being housed on.

　Once this connection is established you will see the repository information displayed in the SVN Repositories view.

　Again this is just a display of the protected source code in the repository itself, you can look at the files and even open them for detailed review, but you cannot edit them directly here. The repository display looks like that shown in Figure 3.

　I would like to show how to manage all SVN environment with the help of the Zend Studio for Eclipse preferences. See you next week!