I am improving the maintainability of the VERGE1 source by putting it under automated test coverage. I'm doing this for fun and education, the goal being to produce much smaller and more intuitive code.

Getting Started

Click on the Source tab above and checkout the project from the Subversion repository. You can use TortoiseSVN -- it's a favorite of mine. Most of my current effort is focused inside /trunk/vcc1.

I am doing all of my development in Eclipse (you can download and install the C/C++ flavor). I'm using cygwin for the C++ compiler. When installing cygwin, be sure to get the C++ compiler, the make tool, and the boost library.

Within Eclipse, I also use the Subclipse plugin that integrates Subversion tools. You don't need this, but it's handy. I don't really like the way Subclipse shows diffs, since it seems to only ever use Text Compare and doesn't let me override that with an external program I choose, but I still use it quite a lot. I much prefer the awesome WinMerge tool for diffs. Very cool app!

Let me know if you'd like clarification on any of the steps here. It's still very do-it-yourself, and assumes a lot of knowledge on your part as a developer, but I will write better build process documents soon. Feedback appreciated!