If you will look into open source codes you can find most of
the sources are available in SVN and some of them doesn’t have direct zip file to
download. I will explain here how to get the source codes from SVN. This is an
easy way to get the source from SVN.
1.
You have to install the SVN visual downloader
from Tortoisesvn site
http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
2.
Install the win32/win64 bit software as like
your hardware
3.
You need to find out the source code svn url
from the open source site
4.
Go to your local drive and create a folder eg.
(E:\My Source).
1.
Right click on the explorer you will get the
context menu with Tortoisesvn
2.
Select on the SVN Checkout, you will get the
screen, give your url to get the source and explore it J
3.
Also you can find some more menus from the
context menu
4.
If you want more information about Tortoisesvn
got the below site
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/