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by temp8964 1479 days ago
> they were being developed by FTPing files to production server or even editing them live with vim or something.

Many editors / IDEs (e.g. Notepad++) can directly connect to the FTP server, so working on a FTP servers looks almost same as working on a local folder. You just make changes to the files, and then refresh the web browser to see the changes.
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bonestormii_ 1479 days ago
lol, yes, sure. But why don't you sound horrified?

Version control at least is essential for something of any size with any number of people working on it. You must be able to "revert" a set of changes quickly and reliably if the application has any importance at all.

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WJW 1479 days ago
> You must

Don't want to be rude here, but version control is clearly not "required" in the strict sense. Plenty of software has been developed without it. Now I wouldn't want to work at a place without version control either, but it is as required for developing software as seat belts are required for driving a car. Less even, since at least for seat belts they are required by law.

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vbezhenar 1479 days ago
People manually control versions all the time. Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V on a project folder to make a version. I have doubts that someone developed any nontrivial software without that approach.
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