# Team Programming with Perforce

When multiple Eclipse users are modifying the same files, keep the following recommended practices in mind:

- Use development branches to isolate and stabilize work.
- Keep your development branches up to date by merging down changes made to the parent.
- Before integrating work from a development branch to its parent, make sure the branch is stable and that you have merged down all changes made to the parent.
- Use the Eclipse Synchronize view to track changes that need to be synced to the local workspace.