After looking at various SVN and CVS products, I find that tortoiseSVN and tortoiseCVS from sourgeforge has to be the most user friendly and easy (No messing about) product for Windows. Unfortunately there are none for linux and mac. There are however some great alternatives but I wont be going over them today.

So what is SVN or CVS? Bottom line is, if you are a developer, or freelance or someone who codes, its a bonus point to put on your CV that you use a Software Version System. All products, codes, websites, applications use at least some form of versioning system. The basic idea is that it is a central server that hosts all the current/latest version of the code including previous versions, so that one can “revert” back to older versions if necessary. The software also helps in resolving conflicting code and helps plan out software releases and bug fixes versions.

They can be found at [ http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ ] and [ http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ ]