Software Development
Software Development
Software Development Life Cycle (humor)
Developer's Toolbox
A collection of freely available tools for software development.Design
| Tool | What is it? | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| UML | Unified modeling language. | Introduction |
| javadoc | Generates documentation from Java source code. | Home Page, Guide (1.4.2), Reference (1.4.2), Guide (5.0), Reference (5.0) |
| UmlGraph | Automatically generates UML information from Java source code via a javadoc doclet. | Manual, Javadoc |
| Graphviz | Easy to use general graph drawing program. Also, converts the output of UmlGraph into a large variety of graphical formats, including png, gif, and jpeg. | Drawing Graphs With dot |
| JUDE | UML tool. |
Implementation
| Tool | What is it? | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Java | Programming language. | Home Page, J2SE 5.0 API, J2SE 6 API, Tutorial |
| Log4j | Logging framework. | API |
| XML | Extensible markup language used for data transfer. | Tutorial |
| XSLT | Extensible stylesheet language used for transforming XML. | Tutorial |
| XMLBeans | Compiles XML schema to Java classes. | Ant Task |
| SQL | Structured Query Language: Database query language. | Tutorial |
| Ant | Project build tool. | Manual |
| CVS | Version control system. | Manual |
| Eclipse | Integrated development environment. | |
| Jalopy | Java source code formatter. | Pro Version |
| Swing | Java graphical user interface library. | Graphics Repository |
| Java 3D | 3D graphics library. | API, FAQ |
| JFreeChart | Java free chart library. | API |
| HTML | Web page language. | Tutorial |
| CSS | Web page cascading style sheets. | Tutorial |
| JavaScript | Web page client-side scripting. | Regular expressions |
| Servlet | Web server extensions. | J2EE 1.4 API, Tutorial |
| JSP | JavaServer Pages: Dynamic web page generation. | Tutorial |
| JSTL | JSP standard tag library. | Intro, Primer (EL), Primer (core), Primer (presentation), Primer (SQL & XML), Tutorial |
| JSF | JavaServer Faces: Event-based dynamic web page generation. | 1.1_01 API, 1.2 API, Book, as Portlet, Tutorial |
| MyFaces | Open source JSF implementation. | |
| Tomahawk | MyFaces JSF component library. | Wiki, Examples |
| Facelets | JSF without using JSP. | Reference |
| Portlet | JSR 168 web portal components. | 1.0 API, Intro, using JSF |
Test
| Tool | What is it? | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| JUnit | Unit test framework. | 4.5 API |
| Cactus | Servlet unit test framework. | |
| HttpUnit | Web application test framework. | API |
| FindBugs | Bug pattern detector. | |
| PerfAnal | Performance analysis tool. | Example |