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Originally Posted by coastertux
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This year it looks like we will have about 8 people on the programming team and were wondering how we can manage that many people. ...
Also, how can we divide the programming and then get it all back together into one easily?
Thanks!
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Well, congratulations on being able to find such numbers; it seems to be rare that teams will get that many people interested in programming.
The advice given so far about using some version management system (like for example CVS or Subversion) is good (actually, it's even handy if you were the only one programming since if you're ever in a situation where you make a big oops you can revert back to a good copy).
One thing that I would like to add though, is that with such a large group I would consider it likely that there will be problems with certain members not having enough to do at times (which can spin off into a feeling of not making a valuable contribution and eventually a lack of interest in attending) none of which are good things. Be very careful about this; it's not always easy to notice and people won't always admit if they're feeling left out. Assuming your programming team does both robot and website programming it might be worth splitting into two subgroups so that people can take ownership of a particular task.