SVN hosting, why not?

So lately I've been working a bit with my OpenGL project, it's pretty simple, compared to other projects I worked on.
But since I'm working from my laptop and my main computer simultaneously, I find the task of synchronizing between the two PCs every time a bit too boring and time consuming (yeah, I'm lazy).

So I thought:
- "Why not have the project source controlled?"
but then I thought:
"It's such a small project, why should I use a great big hammer like source control on it?"
But I also thought:
- "What the hell, I'll look for a free one if it's out there I'll use it, plus it gives me time to stop working" (did I mention I was lazy?).

I had some experience with looking for a free source control site, and I knew it wasn't easy, but things change.
I also knew to search for SVN hosting, since it's the most popular form of source controlling these days, overthrowing CVS.
Right off the bat I found this link, that sums up the top 10 free SVN hosts, and the coolest one was xp-dev.com, 1.5GB storage, issue tracking, and project management all for free, plus everything's private (not that trivial). That's pretty cool for a free service to say the least.
Anyway, I'm just starting to use it but it's pretty easy to use, so giddy-up!

Since the project is written in Java with Eclipse, I had to integrate the SVN source control into Eclipse, quite an easy task right now, thanks open-source community!
Anyway, the plugin I use is Subclipse and it does the job for me.

I'll be happy to hear about other services/plugins you might have for me.

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Wiki for the Masses

I've just created a wiki for the project I'm working on.
This is a very useful tool I picked up on the Assyira project.

The new host I've found is Netcipia, it's a free wiki host (or wiki farm as Wikipedia refers to it for some reason), it gives a 2GB storage in the site, unlimited collaborators, a decent WYSIWYG editor and private wiki support.
And that's the key, the private wiki, there are many free wiki hosting sites out there, some even give you more storage, but most of them are designed to give access and share information.
But, since this is a private project, whose data is not for sharing, at least not at this point, private wiki is a feature I was looking for.

As a project tool, a wiki can be very useful, it's mainly used as a place to put all your thoughts in and collaborate on documents and ideas.
I believe it's a must, when the project is internet based, like most of the projects I worked in up until this point, since people are not in the same place and need to collaborate in some other manner, think of it as a virtual office space.
When people are in the same place, like the current project, it's a great advantage, since all meetings are written down in the wiki and there's no need to keep track of constantly updating documents, no need to send the documents, just log-in and get all the updates.

I find the wiki helpful especially in the design phase of a game, it gives you a place to store all design ideas, design documents drafts and finally the design documents themselves in their final form.
After the design phase, the design part of the wiki can give you a great start for the public wiki, a place where people can get more information about your game.
This public wiki is created for some games, that usually contain a lot of information that can't be all put inside the game.

Anyway, from my current experience a wiki can be a great tool for every project that has a team of people working on something all together, and I recommend it.

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