I am building a Flash, jQuery, and PHP based project which I would like to subversion from the get go. I have experience using Dreamweaver CS5's sub versioning capabilities. So, as far as the PHP and jQuery (the non-flash portion) goes, I'm pretty comfortable.
However, I would like some recommendations on how to subversion the Flash portion. I know Flash Builder has SVN capabilities, however, the flash portion isn't going to function as and RIA, but more, if you will, like a game. As far as my experience with Flash goes, this type of project will work best if done in Flash Professional. Here are the options, as I see them:
I would like to avoid something like Tortoise SVN, as I have had more difficulty with that than I am up for for now. :)
Does anyone have any suggestions, or pointers as to how I can handle this?
Thank you for your time.
Well, any SVN client can handle any kind of file - you don't have to have an extension built into each piece of software you're using. The best way to do this is to put all of your project files into a folder somewhere and then using whatever SVN client you want just add that whole folder to your repo. Does that make sense? The front-end that you're using is more or less irrelevant.
I don't really understand what you are saying about TortoiseSVN, but since you are using different IDE's I would recommend you to use TortoiseSVN as the uniform interface to SVN. And IMO, TortoiseSVN is simple and powerful.
Man up and use the command line ;). Why SVN? Yes, I personally prefer it but there are other great alternatives, have a think about GIT, Mercurial and others too. Mercurial/Git have massive benefits for single developer projects. The flash file will be versioned just like everything else in there. Remember to set your ignore files appropriately to cut out all the os specific poop.
Soon as you get yourself a good versioning repository set up, it doesn't really matter what client you use. I like the one bundled with netbeans / versions or the cli.