Exploring Versioning in Software Development

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This chapter delves into the complexities of versioning in software development, focusing on topics like Semver, integrating versioning with programming languages, incorporating type systems, and using tools to catch breaking changes. The speakers discuss challenges, opportunities for marketing, and the importance of effective communication when making breaking changes. They explore innovative ideas like automatic detection of breaking changes and rearranging version numbers to better align with marketing needs in the software development community.

Predrag Gruevski and Chris Krycho joined the show to talk about SemVer. We explore the challenges and the advantages of semantic versioning (aka SemVer), the need for improving the tooling around SemVer, where semantic versioning really shines and where it’s needed, Types and SemVer, whether or not there’s a better way, and why it’s not as simple as just opting out.

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