Trying to save time by using Dropbox instead of a real VCS is being penny wise and pound foolish.
VCS systems like hg and git are incredibly simple to use for any professional that already works with them. You only need to run one command to create a repository and one command to create a new branch. It isn't necessary to commit your changes after every save. Even a few commits per day can provide a lot of benefit.
If I'm working on a new feature I'd much rather use git to revert false starts rather than hunting through dropbox to revert my changes.
I don't know what sort of diff tools dropbox has, but it is super easy to run git's difftool and see a complete changset between different checkins.
That being said, Dropbox is nice to give you offsite backups for almost zero effort.
VCS systems like hg and git are incredibly simple to use for any professional that already works with them. You only need to run one command to create a repository and one command to create a new branch. It isn't necessary to commit your changes after every save. Even a few commits per day can provide a lot of benefit.
If I'm working on a new feature I'd much rather use git to revert false starts rather than hunting through dropbox to revert my changes.
I don't know what sort of diff tools dropbox has, but it is super easy to run git's difftool and see a complete changset between different checkins.
That being said, Dropbox is nice to give you offsite backups for almost zero effort.