= They said about Trac ...

Here you can find some interesting external resources about Trac.

== Awards

 * [[comment(http://www.linuxawards.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=32 - link is stale since a good while)]] '''UK Linux & Open Source Awards 2006''' -- winner of the ''Best Linux/OSS Developer Tool'' category and held in London. Pictures of the trophy can be found [http://www.edgewall.org/gfx/trac_trophy/ here].

== Presentations of Trac == #slides

 - Steven Ellis gave the following presentation [http://www.slideshare.net/guest3fc4fa/trac-project-and-process-management-for-developers-and-sys-admins-presentation Trac Project And Process Management For Developers And Sys Admins] at [http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/schedule/detail/2686 OSCON 2008].
 - John Villalovos wrote an [GoogleGroups:trac-users:da3b502fd6dcf702 Introduction to Trac].

== Talks involving Trac == #talks

 - Trac for 
   [http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/xp2006/activities2.html#Distributed%20design  distributed design], 
   at [http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/xp2006/ XP2006].
 - [https://ep2013.europython.eu/conference/talks/full-text-search-for-trac-with-apache-solr Full Text Search for Trac with Apache Solr] by Alex Willmer at [https://ep2013.europython.eu/ep2012/ EuroPython 2012].

== Video presentations

 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0RONl7LtH4 Trac presentation] of Trac 0.13dev (running time 8'13").
 - There are [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Trac+project+software many other videos about Trac].

== Books about Trac

 * [wiki:TracBooks Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion].
 * See also [#books] containing mention about Trac, below.

== Articles in the Press == #press

 - __[http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ix/2007/4/78 Spuren im Wald, Trac: Versionsverwaltung und Wiki in einem]__ ''(Traces in the Forest, Trac: Version management and Wiki in one)'', an introductory article on Trac by Jochem Huhmann, published in the April 2007 issue of ''iX'', a monthly German IT publication.
   
== Articles on the Web == #web

 - [http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2007/jw-03-bugs.html What issue tracking system is best for you? A review of Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA], By John Ferguson Smart, !JavaWorld.com, 14-mar-2007:
   Excerpt from the conclusion:
     ''Trac is a good, lightweight solution that should be seriously considered by any development team using Subversion.''
 - [http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/10/12/1425223.shtml Project management with Trac] on the [http://software.newsforge.com/ Newsforge] website, ''talks about Trac 0.8, though''.
 - [http://codecondo.com/11-best-bug-tracking-tools-for-software-management/ 11 Best Bug Tracking tools for Software management]: mentions Trac among some similar tools.

== Publications involving Trac == #publications

 - [http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/research/tr/tr582.pdf Wattle Tree: What'll it Tell Us?] ''PDF''.
 - [http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/research/tr/tr581.pdf The Big Five and Visualisations of Team Work Activity] (longer) ''PDF''.

== Mentions in Books == #books

 * From __[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 Expert Python Programming: Best practices for designing, coding, and distributing your Python software]__, a book by Tarek Ziadé, contains a ten-page introduction to Trac (pp. 213-222).

 * From  __[http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10130 The Definitive Guide to SQLite]__, a new book by [http://www.mikesclutter.com/ Mike Owens], quoting [http://www.apress.com/ApressCorporate/supplement/1/10130/1590596730-3520.pdf Chapter 1, page 5]:
    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, ''Edgewall Software’s excellent Trac SCM and project management system'', and KDE's Amarok audio player, to name just a few.
   Mike Owens is the original author of PySqlite, the Python bindings for SQLite.
 * From __[http://producingoss.com/ Producing Open Source Software]__, a new book by [http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel/ Karl Fogel], quoting [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/bug-trackers.html#bugtrackers-trac Appendix B. Free Bug Trackers]:
    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.
   Karl Fogel is one of the main Subversion developers.
 * From __[http://www.whyprogramsfail.com/ Why Programs Fail]__, a book by [http://www.whyprogramsfail.com/author.php Andreas Zeller], he talks about Trac in the Chapter 2 "Tracking Problems".


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See also: TracFeatures, [wiki:TracUsers] with some user testimonials.