Online collaborative environment (not only dev oriented) [closed]

Question

I've been working with SVN for a couple of years and recently been working on some projects involving Trac. It might seem odd for most of you but I come from design oriented background where those tools are not so often used.

For the moment we mostly use Basecamp to keep track of client requirements, documents etc. And on the other hand SVN for source control (between developers only).

So, the aim being to integrate Trac to the bundle (and maybe other helpful features) I've been looking around for an online environment that could fulfill these requirements. There's a lot out there but my main concern is that I don't want to freak out the designers, project managers, clients with something too geeky.

So far the most appropriate solution I've found is Assembla.

Any advice is more than welcome!

Thanks,

T

EDIT :

Thanks all for your input! An answer was voted automatically although. We are currently giving REDMINE a try.

Answer 1

Assembla is a good option. You can try devjavu as well. I've used both of them for a couple of years, devjavu has a cleaner environment.

I've seen 'SVN-and-trac in action' in two projects I've worked among with designers, project managers, people that had no previous contact with a version control system. They used the most common features without problems, I don't think it should be a big concern if your team could have a 2-hour training about the main concepts of version controlling with subversion.

EDIT:

There is a comparison page on this subject, it should be a good resource. In case it isn't, at least they have a large amount of links to svn hosting services. ;)

Answer 2

Are you looking for hosted or non-hosted? We're using redmine, an alternative to Trac, which was a breeze to set-up and use. The UI is simple and intuitive. Quite flexible with configuration, allows multiple projects, Source Code Management integration (for SVN, git, CVS, all the common ones), integrated wiki, forums, files, etc. Other names to toss around include unfuddle, jira, lighthouse, and sifter app.