It's really easy to get a feel for the latest RTC SCM 4.0.1. The jazz.net sandbox gets you up and running in seconds. All you need is a jazz.net login account. You'll have your own project area hosted on jazz.net, ready for your trial of RTC and SCM.
Click on Source Control / Welcome to Source Control. You're ready to try our latest SCM!
Your project area is mostly empty to start with. It does come with a default stream, into which you can add folders and files. From the Welcome to Source Control page, click on Show Streams and navigate into the one stream listed there. It has one component which contains no files or folders. Adding new files and folders is very easily done through the Web UI. Click on the Add folder icon as indicated below, give it a name and hit save.
Once that folder is created, you can upload new files, etc. Here below we created a new text file named 'readme.txt'.
Being alone isn't the greatest way to try a collaborative tool. So go back to www.jazz.net/sandbox, click on sandbox02/ again. This lists all your project areas, including the one you have just created. Click on the Invitations button and bring your teammates to your trial party. Once they accept your invitation, they will be added to your project area. They will be able to see the files you have added earlier to that default stream and start collaborating with you through RTC Source Control.
At that point you and your co-workers may want to try out other RTC clients such as the Eclipse RTC Client, RTC Client for Microsoft Visual Studio, RTC Shell (which integrates into the Windows Explorer) or the Command Line Interface tool. You can download the desired client (and your own server if you want to go beyond what the jazz.net hosted sandbox provides) at https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/.
I followed the recommendations of the 'Accept Team Invitation' wizard. I created a repository workspace from the stream I had been using earlier and loaded its content under my local drive. It created the expected Documents folder and readme.txt file I had added through the Web UI.
This is showing the RTC Shell client integrated into Windows Explorer. This content was loaded from the RTC server hosted on the jazz.net sandbox. I can make changes to these files and folders with my local editors (Notepad etc.), check-in and deliver them so that others in my team can access them.
It's really easy to get a quick feel for our latest RTC SCM, with the jazz.net sandbox. And if all you want is to play with our Web UI, you have nothing to download!
Create your jazz.net sandbox
- Go to www.jazz.net/sandbox . You may have to create a free jazz.net user account if you've never been there before. That will also allow you to open work items and ask questions on the forum.
- Pick the option /sandbox2 - you'll get your project hosted on the very latest RTC 4.0.1 server
- Give a name to your project area - e.g. mine is called chrisx's 4.0.1 project.
Upload content into your jazz.net sandbox
Your project area is mostly empty to start with. It does come with a default stream, into which you can add folders and files. From the Welcome to Source Control page, click on Show Streams and navigate into the one stream listed there. It has one component which contains no files or folders. Adding new files and folders is very easily done through the Web UI. Click on the Add folder icon as indicated below, give it a name and hit save.
Once that folder is created, you can upload new files, etc. Here below we created a new text file named 'readme.txt'.
Invite others to your sandbox on jazz.net
Try out the other (non Web UI) RTC Source Control clients
As an example, I downloaded and installed the RTC Shell client. This client integrates into the Microsoft Windows Explorer, so I can easily sync up files and folders loaded on my local drive and collaborate with my team members. After the installation, you just accept the team invitation (see below) which is available from the jazz.net sandbox (see above).
I followed the recommendations of the 'Accept Team Invitation' wizard. I created a repository workspace from the stream I had been using earlier and loaded its content under my local drive. It created the expected Documents folder and readme.txt file I had added through the Web UI.
This is showing the RTC Shell client integrated into Windows Explorer. This content was loaded from the RTC server hosted on the jazz.net sandbox. I can make changes to these files and folders with my local editors (Notepad etc.), check-in and deliver them so that others in my team can access them.
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