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Pictures of the trophy can be found <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.edgewall.org/gfx/trac_trophy/"><span class="icon"></span>here</a>. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="slides">Presentations of Trac</h2> <ul><li>Steven Ellis gave the following presentation <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.slideshare.net/guest3fc4fa/trac-project-and-process-management-for-developers-and-sys-admins-presentation"><span class="icon"></span>Trac Project And Process Management For Developers And Sys Admins</a> at <a class="ext-link" href="http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/schedule/detail/2686"><span class="icon"></span>OSCON 2008</a>. </li><li>John Villalovos wrote an <a class="ext-link" href="https://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/msg/da3b502fd6dcf702" title="Message da3b502fd6dcf702 in trac-users Google Group"><span class="icon"></span>Introduction to Trac</a>. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="talks">Talks involving Trac</h2> <ul><li>Trac for <a class="ext-link" href="http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/xp2006/activities2.html#Distributed%20design"><span class="icon"></span>distributed design</a>, at <a class="ext-link" href="http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/xp2006/"><span class="icon"></span>XP2006</a>. </li><li><a class="ext-link" href="https://ep2013.europython.eu/conference/talks/full-text-search-for-trac-with-apache-solr"><span class="icon"></span>Full Text Search for Trac with Apache Solr</a> by Alex Willmer at <a class="ext-link" href="https://ep2013.europython.eu/ep2012/"><span class="icon"></span>EuroPython 2012</a>. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="Videopresentations">Video presentations</h2> <ul><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0RONl7LtH4"><span class="icon"></span>Trac presentation</a> of Trac 0.13dev (running time 8'13"). </li><li>There are <a class="ext-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Trac+project+software"><span class="icon"></span>many other videos about Trac</a>. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="BooksaboutTrac">Books about Trac</h2> <ul><li><a class="wiki" href="/wiki/TracBooks">Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion</a>. </li><li>See also <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/AboutTrac#books">#books</a> containing mention about Trac, below. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="press">Articles in the Press</h2> <ul><li><span class="underline"><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ix/2007/4/78"><span class="icon"></span>Spuren im Wald, Trac: Versionsverwaltung und Wiki in einem</a></span> <em>(Traces in the Forest, Trac: Version management and Wiki in one)</em>, an introductory article on Trac by Jochem Huhmann in German, published in the April 2007 issue of <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.heise.de/ix"><span class="icon"></span>iX</a>, a monthly German IT publication. </li></ul><p> </p> <h2 class="section" id="web">Articles on the Web</h2> <ul><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2007/jw-03-bugs.html"><span class="icon"></span>What issue tracking system is best for you? A review of Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA</a>, By John Ferguson Smart, JavaWorld.com, 14-mar-2007. Excerpt from the conclusion: </li></ul><blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <em>Trac is a solid lightweight issue-management solution well adapted to small teams, especially when Subversion is used.</em> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <ul><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://codecondo.com/11-best-bug-tracking-tools-for-software-management/"><span class="icon"></span>11 Best Bug Tracking tools for Software management</a>: mentions Trac among some similar tools. </li></ul><ul><li><a class="ext-link" href="https://tjones.hashnode.dev/embracing-the-simplicity-of-trac"><span class="icon"></span>Embracing the simplicity of Trac</a>: Why Trac is still so worthwhile as a developer. </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="publications">Publications involving Trac</h2> <ul><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/research/tr/tr582.pdf"><span class="icon"></span>Wattle Tree: What'll it Tell Us?</a> (PDF). </li><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/research/tr/tr581.pdf"><span class="icon"></span>The Big Five and Visualisations of Team Work Activity</a> (longer) (PDF). </li></ul><h2 class="section" id="books">Mentions in Books</h2> <ul><li>From <span class="underline"><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.amazon.com/Expert-Python-Programming-practices-distributing/dp/184719494X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1360157516&sr=1-1"><span class="icon"></span>Expert Python Programming: Best practices for designing, coding, and distributing your Python software</a></span>, a book by Tarek Ziadé, contains a ten-page introduction to Trac (pp. 213-222). </li></ul><ul><li>From <span class="underline"><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10130"><span class="icon"></span>The Definitive Guide to SQLite</a></span>, a new book by <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.mikesclutter.com/"><span class="icon"></span>Mike Owens</a>, quoting <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.apress.com/ApressCorporate/supplement/1/10130/1590596730-3520.pdf"><span class="icon"></span>Chapter 1, page 5</a>: </li></ul><blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <em>You can find SQLite as an alternate back-end storage facility for a wide array of open source projects such as Yum—the package manager for Fedora Core, Movable Type, DSPAM, </em>Edgewall Software’s excellent Trac SCM and project management system<em>, and KDE's Amarok audio player, to name just a few.</em> </p> </blockquote> <p> Mike Owens is the original author of <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/PySqlite">PySqlite</a>, the Python bindings for SQLite. </p> </blockquote> <ul><li>From <span class="underline"><a class="ext-link" href="http://producingoss.com/"><span class="icon"></span>Producing Open Source Software</a></span>, a new book by <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel/"><span class="icon"></span>Karl Fogel</a>, quoting <a class="ext-link" href="http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/bug-trackers.html#bugtrackers-trac"><span class="icon"></span>Appendix B. Free Bug Trackers</a>: </li></ul><blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <em>Trac is a bit more than a bug tracker: it's really an integrated wiki and bug tracking system. It uses wiki linking to connect issues, files, version control changesets, and plain wiki pages. It's fairly simple to set up, and integrates with Subversion.</em> </p> </blockquote> <p> Karl Fogel is one of the main Subversion developers. </p> </blockquote> <ul><li>From <span class="underline"><a class="ext-link" href="http://www.whyprogramsfail.com/"><span class="icon"></span>Why Programs Fail</a></span>, a book by <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.whyprogramsfail.com/author.php"><span class="icon"></span>Andreas Zeller</a>, he talks about Trac in the Chapter 2 "Tracking Problems". </li></ul><hr /> <p> See also: <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/TracFeatures">TracFeatures</a>, <a class="wiki" href="/wiki/TracUsers">TracUsers</a> with some user testimonials. </p> </div> <div class="trac-modifiedby"> <span> <a href="/wiki/AboutTrac?action=diff&version=25" title="Version 25 by anonymous: addition of web article">Last modified</a> <a class="timeline" href="/timeline?from=2023-05-11T19%3A04%3A41%2B02%3A00&precision=second" title="See timeline at May 11, 2023, 7:04:41 PM">23 months ago</a> </span> <span class="trac-print"> Last modified on May 11, 2023, 7:04:41 PM </span> </div> </div> <div id="attachments"> </div> <div class="buttons"> <form method="get" action="/wiki/AboutTrac" id="modifypage"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="edit" /> <input type="submit" value="Edit this page" /> </div> </form> <form method="get" action="/attachment/wiki/AboutTrac/" id="attachfile"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="new" /> <input type="submit" id="attachfilebutton" value="Attach file"/> </div> </form> </div> <div class="trac-help"> <strong>Note:</strong> See <a href="/wiki/TracWiki">TracWiki</a> for help on using the wiki. </div> </div>  <div id="altlinks"> <h3>Download in other formats:</h3> <ul> <li class="last first"> <a rel="nofollow" href="/wiki/AboutTrac?format=txt" class=""> Plain Text</a> </li> </ul> </div>   </div> <div id="footer"><hr/> <a id="tracpowered" href="https://trac.edgewall.org/" ><img src="/chrome/common/trac_logo_mini.png" height="30" width="107" alt="Trac Powered"/></a> <p class="left"> Powered by <a href="/about"><strong>Trac 1.4.3</strong></a> <br /> By <a href="http://www.edgewall.org/">Edgewall Software</a> . </p> <p class="right">Visit the Trac open source project at<br /><a href="//trac.edgewall.org/">https://trac.edgewall.org/</a></p> </div>   </div> </div> </div> <div id="ew-footer"> <p><a href="mailto:info@edgewall.com">info@edgewall.com</a></p> <p>Copyright © 2003-2024 Edgewall Software. 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