Your Team Is Going To Absolutely Love This

I enjoy the little details in software that make you smile, especially when that smile comes from somewhere as unexpected as source control software. I’ve been using the online version of Team Foundation Server for a while and there’s a lovely example of great tone of voice when you initially set up the project. Once you’ve entered the name of your project and TFS has set up all the necessary files the confirmation message reads ‘Your project is created and your team is going to absolutely love this’.

Small touch. Big smile.

Team Foundation Service is free for up to 5 users, plus for a limited time all use is free. I’d highly recommend giving it a try to keep track of your source files, for project management and task tracking. It makes it really simple for me to check-in my source files and also to share that source with other people, mainly when I need @thebeebs to fix something I’ve broken.

If you’re using the Express (free) version of Visual Studio to develop Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 applications then I’d love to hear a reason as to why you wouldn’t take advantage of this great service.

Here’s an intro to TFS to get you started: https://tfs.visualstudio.com/en-us/learn/code/connect-vs/