Team development and the Force.com IDE

So far, you have learned about tools an individual, disciplined developer might use for smaller development projects. When you are working on larger projects with longer application lifecycles, or with groups of developers in team environments, they will need the ability to manage change and track versions of their code.

While some applications can be developed by one person, many will be developed by teams. Sometimes this is because there is simply too much to do for one person, other times because different participants have different skills.

Whatever the reason for the team, team development brings challenges of change isolation and controlled synchronization. You won’t be pleased with your teammates ...

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