Project Structure (re-revisited)

In the past few weeks, I've been researching what is the best structure for a project.

I found these aproaches:

• SubVersion
• /myproject
• /trunk
• /tags
• /branches
  

Your development is done in “trunk”. When you want to do a release, you create a branch, for example “myproject/branches/release2.0”.
The development is still done in “trunk”. In “branches”, you only do maintenance.
If you want to label a particular development stage, you create a tag: “myproject/tags/RTM”
An advantage of SVN is that it stores only the deltas, so you don’t have everything replicated.

• Microsoft Team Foundation Server
• /MyTeamProject1
• /Development
• /FeatureBranch1
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /FeatureBranch2
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Main -Can contain solution (.sln) files
• /Source
• /MyApp1 - Contains MyApp1.sln file
• /Source - Contain folder for all source
• /ClassLibrary1 - Contains ClassLibrary1.csproj
• /MyApp1Web - Contains Default.aspx
• /UnitTests - Container folder for unit tests
• /ClassLibrary1Tests - Contains test project and code
• /MyApp1WebTests - Contains test project and code
• /SharedBinaries - Shared binaries e.g. libraries
• /SharedSource - Shared source code
• /Docs - Contains product documentation
• /Tests - Container for tests
• /FunctionalTests
• /PerformanceTests
• /SecurityTests
• /Releases
• /Release1 – Maintenance
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Release2 – Maintenance
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Release3 – Current release lockdown
• /Source
• /MyApp
  

I think this was inspired by SVN. All your development is done in “Main”. When you want a release, you branch it to “Releases”.
If you want to develop a special feature, or test another approach to your code, you branch it to “Development”, but your main development branch is in “Main”.

• Tree Surgeon
• /TestProject
• /lib
• /src
• /Core
• /TestProjectConsole
• /UnitTests
• /tools
• /nant
• /NCover
• /nunit
  

This is an approach started long time ago. It doesn’t account for project releases, or other branches.

I think I’ll adopt TFS. But using VSS:

• $MyTeamProject
• /Development
• /TestingIdea1
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /TestingIdea2
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Main
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Source
• /ClassLibrary1
• /ClassLibrary2
• /ClassLibrary1Tests
• /ClassLibrary2Tests
• /SharedBinaries
• /SharedSource
• /Docs
• /Tests
• /FunctionalTests
• /PerformanceTests
• /SecurityTests
• /Releases
• /Release1 – Maintenance
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Release2 – Maintenance
• /Source
• /MyApp
• /Release3 – Current
• /Source
• /MyApp
  

The problem is that everything is replicated when you do a branch… oh well, as they say, hard-disks are cheap…

I’m still trying to get CI Factory to work. More of that in another post…



PS: This is a re-repost. Only ScribFire didn't messed the layout... and mine doesn't have the option the remove this irritating line...
PS2: Broken again... ARGGGHHHHH

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