Razor is an integrated suite software
configuration management
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system from Visible Systems, which provides process management, issue/problem tracking, version control, and release management.
Razor provides a framework for managing
software development
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processes, including support for
agile and
waterfall
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of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
methodologies
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. It includes a built-in issue-tracking system that allows users to log in and track bugs, defects, and other issues that arise during the software development process. It also includes a version control system that allows users to track changes to their code over time and collaborate with other team members.
Razor runs on
Windows
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,
NT,
Unix
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,
Linux
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, or Motif environments. It was developed as an integrated product to support
Integrated Development Environment
An integrated development environment (IDE) is a Application software, software application that provides comprehensive facilities for software development. An IDE normally consists of at least a source-code editor, build automation tools, an ...
for
IBM VisualAge
VisualAge is a family of computer integrated development environments from IBM, which supports multiple programming language
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Programming languages are described in ...
,
Microsoft Visual Studio
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs including websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms ...
,
Microsoft.NET,
Rational Rose
Rational Rose was a development environment for Unified Modeling Language. It integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Rational Application Developer. The Rational Software division of IBM, which previously produced Rational Rose, wrot ...
, and
PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder is an integrated development environment owned by SAP since the acquisition of Sybase in 2010. On July 5, 2016, SAP and Appeon entered into an agreement whereby Appeon, an independent company, would be responsible for developing, s ...
.
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Bug and issue tracking software
Version control systems