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Code Compare

Score9 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is Code Compare?

Code Compare is a compare tool designed to compare and merge differing files and folders. Code Compare integrates with source control systems: TFS, SVN, Git, Mercurial, and Perforce. Code Compare is shipped both as a standalone file diff tool and a Visual Studio extension.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

VCS powers without Steep learning curve with UI

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<b>Problem Statement </b>: As we are a startup, we have lots of trainee which may not always be familiar with mainstream VCS's out there. so we simply have them submit their work in zip and one person manually combines the code. if one does it by checking every files and changes manually, it'll take a lot of work

<b>Solution </b>: we saved great effort by including <b>Code Compare</b>. not just incorporating multiple projects but that too with great aid of great visual cues. it greatly increased out productivity.

Pros

  • Visual cue with green and red highlights
  • Comprehensive comparison result analysis
  • Pane UI to simply drag drop between panes

Cons

  • Dark mode would have been a welcome change.
  • UI could be updated to latest standard rather than old windows square looking UI.
  • Despite being simple to use, a user guide would be appreciated.

Most Important Features

  • Pane view
  • Simple UI
  • Easy adoption

Return on Investment

  • Time saving is primary factory that code Compare brings forth to the table.
  • All those saved time was utilized in solving actual business logic and making code more robust.
  • Generally with this benefits, productivity, across team seen a huge incline.

Other Software Used

Slack, PyCharm, Sublime Text

Helps to compare file and folder in a simple way

Pros

  • Easy to compare files and folders as it provides many features to set different colors while matching.
  • Easy to sync local clones with the production system.
  • It allows to user to compare the file within multiple windows.

Cons

  • It takes some time while comparing files.
  • It supports multi tabs comparison but it shows the difference after some time.
  • It should show the notification to other users in case both are working on the same file.

Return on Investment

  • It helps to save a lot of effort hours as we can synch code with few simple steps.
  • Easily to check customers issues with the help of local and production changes.
  • Helps to deploy the service packs on a production system.

Other Software Used

MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle Application Express