DevCon 2024: Version Control with Access
A list of resources and further reading for my 2024 DevCon Vienna mini-presentation on version control with Microsoft Access.
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Slide Deck
Check back soon for a PDF copy of the slide deck.
Getting Started Video
Adam Waller, the maintainer and lead developer for the Access Version Control Add-in, recently gave a presentation to the Denver Area Access User Group which makes a great "Getting Started" guide. The video is available on YouTube:
Adam uses GitHub and GitHub Desktop in his presentation above.
GitHub Project Page
Here's a link to the msaccess-vcs-addin project page on GitHub, which includes a great overview of the project:
There's also a Quick Start guide from Adam available here.
Getting Started
I wrote a series of articles that act as a Quick Start Guide.
The articles are a good complement to Adam's video. I use Mercurial instead of Git (an admittedly unpopular choice, but I have my reasons). However, this highlights the fact that Adam's add-in works with any version control system, including Git, Mercurial, SVN, and many others.
- Install Adam Waller's Version Control Add-in (step-by-step guide)
- Install TortoiseHg (step-by-step guide)
- Making your first commit (step-by-step guide)
Further Reading
Getting Started
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/03/Addin-Bridge.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/03/Install-AccessVCS-1-.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/03/Install-TortoiseHg.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/03/Version-Control-Quick-Start.jpg)
High-Level Overview
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/09/learn-2387228_1920.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/09/the-thinker-489753_1920.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2021/03/crash-landing-2398449_1920.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2021/03/meditation-428382_1920.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2021/07/Img-v-Txt-Version-Control.jpg)
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/01/Git-vs.-Mercurial-in-2024.jpeg)
The Whole Shebang
The link below takes you to my "Version Control" tag page, which has a collection of 39 posts (as of publication).
![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/08/access-2348384_1920_background-3.jpg)