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In my opinion, Perforce Helix Core is the most confusing and inefficient code management repo software that I have ever used. I often get …
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What is Perforce Helix Core?
Multinational company Perforce, headquartered in Alameda, California offers a version control and peer code review solution. Perforce version control is built around Helix Core with add-on products for code review (Helix Swarm) for free, and add Git support products (Helix4Git…
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Multinational company Perforce, headquartered in Alameda, California offers a version control and peer code review solution. Perforce version control is built around Helix Core with add-on products for code review (Helix Swarm) for free, and add Git support products (Helix4Git and Helix TeamHub).…
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What is Perforce Helix Core?
Perforce Helix Core is a version control system for teams who need to accelerate innovation at scale. It is used to store and track changes to digital assets, from source code to binary to IPs, and connects teams.
Perforce Helix Core Integrations
- Unreal Engine
- Unity
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Jira Software
- Jenkins
- Assembla
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Slack
- Adobe PhotoShop
- Komodo IDE
- Amazon Open 3D Engine (Lumberyard)
- Apache Maven
- Bamboo
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Autodesk Maya
- CRYENGINE
- DBmaestro Database DevOps Platform
- Backtrace, from Sauce Labs
- Eclipse
- ftrack
- GitHub
- Google Cloud Platform
- Gradle Build Tool (Open Source)
- Hansoft
- Helix ALM
- IBM Aspera on Cloud
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
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| Mobile Application | No |
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Multinational company Perforce, headquartered in Alameda, California offers a version control and peer code review solution. Perforce version control is built around Helix Core with add-on products for code review (Helix Swarm) for free, and add Git support products (Helix4Git and Helix TeamHub). The original Perforce SCM solution was expanded via the Surround SCM, a software configuration management application which was developed by Seapine Software and now owned by Perforce since that company's acquisition of Seapine in October 2016. Perforce integrated the software with its Helix ALM product. Surround SCM integrates with Perforce's Helix ALM to help manage code, along with requirements, tests, and issues.
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.6.
The most common users of Perforce Helix Core are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Users have adopted various revision control packages like Perforce, Git, and SVN to develop and store data independently. Perforce serves as the backbone of version control for builds, ensuring everyone has the latest content and code. It is easy to get started with Perforce, allowing users to pull the files they want. However, it can be challenging to perform more complex tasks like branching and integrating. Nevertheless, Perforce supports a rich GUI for most tasks and a command-line interface for automated or advanced tasks, making it suitable for users with varying technical proficiency.
Perforce is accessible globally and externally to product licensees, supporting all major features like branching, shelving, and p4web. The visual client of Perforce is user-friendly, presenting the directory structure conveniently and consistently across platforms. Its merge optimization feature is highly useful for day-to-day operations, providing efficient code merging capabilities. This makes Perforce ideal for agile development, big data services, and marketing materials across thousands of automotive dealerships.
Moreover, Perforce is scalable and suitable for small to enterprise-level projects. It integrates well within a .Net environment and is leveraged by several departments to track changes in software, documentation, and assets, providing quick access to change history and approvals. In industries like healthcare, Perforce Helix Core serves as the source control management system of choice for corporate products, internal applications, custom code, and configurations. Beyond version control purposes, Perforce is also used for collaboration and sharing software between independent developer groups within and across different lab sites. In addition to its version control capabilities, Perforce ensures the integrity of code bases by providing backup and revision control features.
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November 09, 2020
Perforce Helix -- Easy, Fast, and Rock-Solid
At my organization, we have several departments using our implementation of Perforce Helix. Perforce has made it easily possible to track changes to our software, documentation, and assets for over two decades. Whenever there is a question as to why a change happened, who approved it, what exactly was changed, it only takes a second or two to find out. Due to combining different organizations, we also use other version control software for some projects, but Perforce Helix is the best, by far.
- Perforce is fast.
- It is easy to use.
- It is easy to administer.
- There is nothing that can beat it when it comes to flexibility.
- Support is top-notch.
- Perforce (the company) needs to market itself better.
- While their Support is the best there is, account management could be better.
- They could be better about notifying users of new features.
- Perforce Helix is fast, both to retrieve and submit files.
- It is easy to administer, and requires very little time.
- Perforce helps us produce better software, faster.
- It allows us to meet compliance requirements with ease.
New users of Perforce Helix can be up and running in less than thirty minutes. It is easy to use, but also very powerful. Bitbucket is slow, prone to outages, and (for large teams) requires a team of dedicated administrators. I've had request for information from Bitbucket that requires hours to pull together that would take me less than 30 seconds in Perforce Helix. Large file storage in Bitbucket is clunky and requires you to jump through too many hoops. It's not even something you have to think about with Perforce Helix, as you are only limited by your OS.
Perforce Helix is very easy to use even for non-developers. I wouldn't dare ask a non-developer to store their documentation in Bitbucket.
Perforce Helix is very easy to use even for non-developers. I wouldn't dare ask a non-developer to store their documentation in Bitbucket.
March 14, 2020
Great Once It Is Set up
Each lab site has its own set of developers that operates independently but we are moving towards more collaboration and sharing software between the groups. One site has standardized on Perforce and won't do any software development without using it and other sites are now moving towards using it based upon the experience of the current Perforce users. We use it not only for multi-developer teams but also as a way to back up code bases and do revision control.
- Version control
- Source code control
- Automated builds
- Difficulty of setup
- Multiple packages needed for installation
- Lack of available training
- Increased code reuse between groups
- We know we have a code backup in place
- Being able to quickly revert to previous versions has been very useful
My last two jobs used SmartSVN but it required a paid license to use regardless of the number of users. The initial setup for Perforce was much more difficult than SmartSVN. There is a lot of parity between the two software packages even though the terminology can be different. The communication between the server and SmartSVN seems to be smaller and fails more often than Perforce when the connection is slow, like on a remote VPN.
September 30, 2019
Great Code Version Control
Perforce is the main code version control tool that we utilize at our company. It is incredibly useful to keep track of our code history and branches. The visual client is very easy to use and presents the directory structure in a convenient way. It is easy to install on any system and the user interface is consistent across platforms. Perforce has great merge optimization that is extremely useful in day to day operations.
- Merge algorithm is smart and utilizing the visual interface to do merges makes them easier to digest.
- Easy to set up on multiple platforms and architectures and is well supported on all of them.
- Visual interface has many tools and customization options that help to optimize and personalize workflow.
- Updating Perforce is somewhat challenging, especially on Linux Systems.
- Sometimes settings disappear.
- In order to customize the font settings, you must restart the visual client.
- Perforce could display its progress in a clearer way.
- Reduce merge issues which saves a lot of time and prevents issues.
- Easy to set up and start working for new hires or new systems, which saves time.
- Clear visual presentation of code version metadata improves overall clarity into code base.
Perforce has a better built native visual client that is much simpler to use than Git's. It has a lot of optimizations in the workflow that can execute common patterns during a usual workday. Perforce also has an easier to understand method of presenting merge conflicts and does a better overall job of handling merges.