Totally stressed out.

[eluser]John Fuller[/eluser]

@Master John - Fair enough. (even though that’s exactly what you just did)

referring to this statement...

(Edit: other people chiming in with their own tricky systems they have learned and/or developed over time won’t fix your problem.)

The way I interpreted this is not how you and I responded. You and I were referring to tools to use but in my above statement I was thinking more about A to Z development workflows. This stuff can get quite complex and developing a good workflow takes quite some time unless you are working a job which already has all this in place.

I could have told him how I use Capistrano for automation, Git rather than Subversion for such and such reasons, automated back-ups to S3, multiple virtual private servers (and the reasons why,) unit testing and a long list of other tools. Then I could have told him about the exact processes, scripts and configurations that I use. You get the point, none of this would likely set off any light bulbs. It would just stress him out even more.

Or maybe I am over responding to his question. But my development environment starts with entering code into my editor and covers the whole process of delivering that code to a working production application (live with real users.) The SCM, editor and project management are just one portion of that environment and solve only a fraction of the problems.

@PvOostrom I think your problem isn't that you are using the wrong tools but rather that you trying to bite off more than you can chew. If you are getting stressed about this stuff then you should probably take a step back and start out with the most basic and easiest to use tools and then go from there. Maybe you won't be as ultra productive as someone who is an uber Emacs or Vim wizard but you will still be getting stuff done with tools that work.

There is always more that you can do. More tools that you can try. More tricks to help streamline the process. But there is typically not more time to use all of them. Just take it easy.