Amazing. I don't have to put everything on a thumb drive and transfer it here and there? I can have others help me with programs without having to worry too much about syncing? Life is good again. (slight exagerration)
But today I was finally introduced to online project hosting and configuration management. It was really easy to set up using google project hosting and I found how useful it is already. I began working on it on my laptop, which I usually carry around everywhere, but today was too lazy to take out. Instead of having to transfer the files or keep a copy stored somewhere, I was able to go online and download the source from the project host. While I could do the same with any online file host site, because it's an svn project, I can ensure that changes are tracked and the directory is configured correctly without having to worry about zipping things here or there.
The only thing I found that might be a problem is that to add collaborators they must have a google account. This isn't really that big a problem since most people have one or can easily make one, but it might be nice if there were a way to allow anyone to collaborate.
For those interested, the project I made just contained the robot that I was working on earlier in previous posts. Here's a link
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