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Trac for Users

Duration: 1 Day

Short Summary

This course aims to take users with knowledge of how to use Subversion, but with little or no knowledge of the Wiki, bug tracking and issue tracking capabilities of Trac, or of the use of Trac together with through to being competent Trac users able to create and manage bug and issue tracking, as well as co-ordination of bug and issue tracking with the Subversion version control system.from the Tortoise GUI under Microsoft Windows

Intended Audience

The course will be useful for

Programmers working on projects where the version control system is GIT or SVN and the bug and issue tracking system is Trac
Web content developers needing to know how to use Trac both in a version control context and in a more general issue tracking context
Document authors needing to co-ordinate their work activities and to access Subversion repositories from within the Trac environment
System administrators needing to understand Trac and how it co-ordinates with SVN or GIT
Teams of application developers and programmers who need to work co-operatively on projects

The course assumes a basic familiarity with computers and the use of computer tools, both via a Gaphical User Interface and (optional) via a command line interface as well as a basic working knowledge of Subversion use. Attendees are expected to be able to

Access applications from either command line of using graphical user interfaces
Understand file system concepts such as files, directories, permissions, access control
Create, move and delete files and directories
Work with Subversion or GIT

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to explain the concepts underlying Trac and its various uses in connection with issue and bug tracking and co-ordinating project activities

Usage of Trac in conjunction with the Subversion version control system
Strategies for using Trac in a project management and software development, product, or process management context

Key Skills

Ability to use the Trac's built in Wiki
Ability to track issues using Trac
Ability to work with both Trac and Subversion or GIT in a seamless way
Understanding how to use Trac as a Project Management Tool

Key Delivery

Instructor led in-house training with a great deal of hands-on practice.

Course Contents

The structure, philosophy and capabilities of Trac

Overview of Trac and how it works

TracWiki

Using the Trac Built in Wiki
Wiki etiquette
Wiki usage scenarios
Wiki use problems and how to resolve them

TracTimeline

Timelines and project management
Timelines as a mechanism for providing a historic perspective on a project

TracRSS

An overview of RSS
Using Trac for RSS content syndication

Trac Version Control Subsystem

Using TracBrowser to browse source code
Using TracChangeset to view changes to source code
Using TracRevisionLog to view change histories

Trac Ticket Subsystem

Using TracTickets for issue tracking
Using TracReports read and create reports
Using TracQuery to carry out custom ticket queries
Using TracRoadmap to track project progress

Putting it all together

Working out a team groupworking and co-ordination strategy
Communicating via email
Combining Trac with quality control and testing
Combining Trac with lean and Six Sigma [optional modulue]
Structuring Trac projects
Using Trac as a project administration tool