R – What does your ideal web development (ASP.NET) environment consist of

development-environment

I start at a new client on Monday. They’re just beginning to do web development (ASP.NET) and I’m going to help them with setting up a proper development environment.

I don’t think I’ll have a say on what type of machines the developers will be using, so this is more of a backend scenario.

So far the main things I’ve come up with include:

  • Versioning control system (source control).
  • Bug Database
  • Doc Repo / Project Management / Tasks
  • (They are currently using Base Camp by 37 signals, which is a good sign to me.)*
  • Dev / QA / Staging / Build servers (web, db)

So far this is what I have come up with. I don’t know what budget they have right now, but in your ideal development environment, what else would you recommend that I propose?
Thanks!

Best Answer

I think, there is no ultimate answer for this. Because each developer has their own opinion - what software they use for VCS, Bug Tracking, etc...

And here is my opinion :)

Ideal for Microsoft Technologies is TFS (Team Foundation Server), which has all the features you want.

And here my list in case you don't want TFS:

Version control system

Bug Database / Project Management / Tasks

Developers environment

  • Dual screen
  • Powerful PC
  • Quality chair
  • Whiteboard

  • Free coffee

  • This is all very cheap if you compare it to their salary for six months

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