[TxMt] SVN?

[Ethan H. Darling]

Everyone/Anyone,

I'm new to Textmate (and just about everything else), and I just  
finished reading the Textmate book (some sections got a thorough once- 
twice-thrice-over).  Very good book, now I'm hooked on Textmate.

I'm just an amateur web developer looking to increase my skill and  
knowledge. Textmate has been a great companion as It allows me to get  
out of Dreamweaver and into the code, but I find that I have lost  
some of the "project management" features of Dreamweaver.  ie, being  
able to transparently upload completed development files from within  
the application.  (Sure I can still get it done with Transmit, but it  
is clunky.)  I searched the textmate discussions and wiki and came  
away with the conclusion that SVN is the answer.  Problem is I know  
nothing about SVN...  or where to start.

So, my question is...  "What is SVN, can I really use it to manage a  
production website, and what is the best place, resource, book to get  
information on how to install, configure, and use it?"  Sounds dumb  
right.  Well we all have to start somewhere.

(I googled it and found more information than I can shake-a-stick  
at.  So I thought that I would ask a smaller community that may  
better understand my situation and give a little more intelligent mac- 
oriented feedback.)

Thanks,

Ethan