Summary

I hope that after reading this chapter, you have an idea of what a VBL is and can grasp the concept of having a mainline to build and store your product sources. This is such a large topic that I could easily write a book on it. I covered only the basics here. What you should take away from this chapter are some clear definitions of terms that are used on a daily basis in any development team. You should also have a better understanding of why a mainline is necessary and how to set one up using a VBL model. Finally, I offered some recommendations and a preview of Microsoft's enterprise-class TFSC tool that will be out in the fall of 2005.