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Matt Attaway Open Source Community Manager

Perforce the Plentiful Platform

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Perforce Data Sources

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Perforce Data Sources

§  Standard commands §  Logtail §  Journal -> P4toDb §  Monitor §  Spec depot

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APIs

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Command Line

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Command Line Advantages

§  Runs Everywhere §  Output is easily parsed §  Access to full range of Perforce commands

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Command Line Disadvantages

§  Performance penalty §  Must parse text output yourself

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APIs

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APIs

§  Perl

§  Python

§  Ruby

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§  Objective C

§  PHP

§  Java

§  .Net

§  Node.js

§  C++

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API Advantages

§  More performant §  Results parsed into data structures §  Uses language exception support

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API Disadvantages

§  Needs to be installed §  Not all commands available in some languages

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P4Web

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Git

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P4VC

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Commons Web Services

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P4DTG

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Chronicle

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Integrating with Perforce

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Integrating with Perforce Server

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Server Triggers

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Server triggers

§  Form §  Out/Pre/Parsed/Post/Delete

§  Shelve §  Pre/Post/Delete

§  Archive

§  Commit §  Pre/Content/Post §  Fix §  Add/Delete

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Server Broker

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Broker Usage

§  Redirect users to replica servers §  Deny commands

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Integrating with Perforce Clients

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P4V

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P4V Extension Points

§  Custom tools §  Alerts §  Tabs §  Submit dialog

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Swarm

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Insights

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Data Storage

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Data Storage

§  Files §  File attributes §  Counters/keys §  Index/search §  Properties

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Questions?

Follow me Matt Attaway: matt@perforce.com, @p4mataway

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