What's wrong with the way we've been using source control? Nothing actually, but new tools have come along which empower developers and enable workflows that were not possible before. In this session, we'll examine the reasons that distributed version control systems (DVCS) were created. We will step through the flow of changes when using a DVCS. We'll discuss the DVCS alternatives available with demonstrations using Mercurial.

Speaker: Alan Stevens

Alan Stevens is a father, geek, vegan and software artisan living in Knoxville, TN. Alan regularly speaks at conferences and user group meetings about how to be a better software developer. Alan is an Open Space Technology facilitator. Alan received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in C# in 2009, 2010 & 2011. Alan is a member of ASP Insiders. When Alan is not hanging out with his family, posting on Twitter, singing or playing his acoustic guitar, he occasionally updates his website at halanstevens.com.