Set up a Software Project

We give you tools for managing a software development team. It will take you about 30 minute to set up the project, but our infrastructure will save you days of administrative work, and eventually give you access to unlimited development resources.

This page explains how to:

Create a project space and set its access permissions
Invite your team members
Set up Trac and Subversion for managing your code and issues
Recruit new team members and service suppliers

Creating a Project Space

Name and Description

Give your project a descriptive name and a URL name. The URL name will be used in your Trac, Subversion, and wiki URL's, and it cannot contain spaces.
Check the boxes for software development and milestones if you want to use these tools.
Use the tags form to add some tags that describe the technology, industry, and function of your software project.
Click "Next".

Security

Do you want this project to be publicly visible, or private?

If the project is private, then set public access to "None" and set Team access to "Edit".

If the project is public, then set public access to "View" or "Edit", and set Team access to "Edit".

If you have a private project, but you want to do public recruiting, you can create a public space later for recruiting.

Click "Next" to continue.

Team

You can invite multiple new members to your new space. Type the email addresses of team members, separated by commas. Also note that if the e-mails match with existing members, they will be added automatically.

Click "Next" to continue.

Wiki Settings

Use this page to choose your wiki settings.

Click "Next" to continue.

Appearance

You will be able to customize your space's appearance here. Click "Create" and you will have a new space ready to host the development of a Software Project!

Recruit new talent

The process for recruiting team members and suppliers is documented on the recruiting page.

Adding Tools

Assembla offers more features than just Trac, Subversion and Milestones. These tools can be added to your space through the "Admin" tab of your space. Click on the "Admin" tab, then on the "Tools" tab, and add whatever tools you need for your space.
A list of our tools and features and their documentation can be found here.