Software Development Tools

CS 23 will expose you to many useful development tools. Some of these tools you will be expected to use throughout the semester, others will be required for only a few assignments.  

You are responsible for the following in CS 23

• NetBeans - an IDE for Java
  • the debugger
  • the CVS client
  • Jalopy  Source Code  Beautifier
  • Javadocs
• The NetBeans and DDD Debugger
• Concurrent Versions System (CVS)
• Javadoc and Doxygen
• JUnit and Jester
• Make and Apache Ant

Java Development Environments

My short list

• Welcome to NetBeans
  • NetBeans - the Definitive Guide a draft of the book
  • Using NetBeans IDE
• TextPad - the text editor for Windows
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  • Sun drops out of Eclipse negotiations - Computerworld
  • InfoWorld- Eclipsing NetBeans?- February 15, 2002- By Russell C. Pavlicek

Unit Testing

JUnit 

• JUnit, Testing Resources for Extreme Programming

  • JUnitTest Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests - gives an example

• Alternative descriptions

  • JUnit Primer

  • Testing using JUnit

  • JUnit in the Computer Science Department

  • JUnit Testing Utility Tutorial by Ashley J.S Mills

  • cs2335_junit from Georgia Tech

• Jester - Jester finds code that is not covered by your JUnit tests.

Other testing framework

• CUnit - a testing framework that is being developed

• Adaption Software - TDDAPG- The XUnit Family of Tools

• CppUnit Wiki

Documenting your Design and API

JavaDocs

• Javadoc Tool Home Page
  • How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc[tm] Tool
• NetBeans IDE- JavaDoc Support User's View
  • Using NetBeans IDE - Using Javadoc

Other documentation system

• Doxygen for C++, C, Java
  • SourceForge.net- Project Info - Doxygen
• Other non-commercial documentation tools

Build Tools

Google Directory - Computers > Software > Build Management > Make Tools

Ant

• Apache Ant
  • Apache Ant User Manual
• Ant Builds On by John Kirkley
• Integrating Ant Scripts in NetBeans IDE
  • Module Home Page

Make

• GNU Make - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
  • GNU make manual

Debugging

• NetBeans - Debugger Tutorial
• GDB- The GNU Project Debugger 
• DDD - Data Display Debugger a graphical front end for GDB
  • Debugging with DDD

Version Control Systems

CVS

• Concurrent Versions System - The open standard for version control
  • CVS- Overview
• The CVS Book
• CVS FAQ
• Introduction to CVS by Jim Blandy

CVS Clients

• SmartCVS - Java-based, supports MS Windows and Linux
• jCVS A Java Based CVS Client
• NetBeans.org - CVS Tutorial
• CVS Clients

Source Code Beautifiers and Style Checkers

• Jalopy Java Source Code Formatter Beautifier Pretty Printer
• Checkstyle Home Page

File Transfer

• Secure ShellClient to transfer files in and our of the CS domain