Using a FORTRAN developed software in Team Foundation Server

Question

I need to import some software that has been developed using FORTRAN. Does Team Foundation Server 2010 support FORTRAN software development? If not is there something else that can be downloaded and made part of Team Foundation Server 2010 to allow FORTRAN files to be imported and place under version control.

The software was developed with an older version of FORTRAN that is probably no longer supported.

Answer 1

Hi - I think you might misunderstand what TFS actually is.  TFS is essentially a managed data repository, and as such, is datatype agnostic.  TFS doesn't care what is uploaded to the source control component - data is data.  The workflow (i.e. work items), reporting and portal components don't depend on data source formats.

In fact, the only problem that you may encounter is when you get to the stage where you want to build your software, and as this uses MSBuild, it's very flexible and could be adapted to build your FORTRAN software.

So - to answer your question "Does Team Foundation Server 2010 support FORTRAN software development?", in a word, YES.

Whether or not your development environment supports TFS is a different matter.