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This is the "official unofficial" web site for the "Java Power Tools" book, currently being written for publication by O'Reilly. "Java Power Tools" is about software tools and techniques that can contribute to improving the SDLC (Software Development Lifecyle). This includes build tools such as Maven and Ant, CI tools, code quality tools, testing tools, collaborative tools, source version control, and more! It is a collaborative book, where other authors can (and are encouraged to!) contribute material on specific subjects. It is currently scheduled for release in late 2007 to early 2008.
By the way, I'm John Ferguson Smart, the main author of the book.
This site is a collaborative space where the author, contributors or potential contributors, reviewers, innocent bystanders, and any other participants can discuss book topics and help contribute to the final form and content of the book.
This book discusses key Java development problem areas and best practices, and focuses on open source tools that can help increase developer productivity in each area. The idea is not to focus on one particular tool, but to do a survey of a wide range of tools, and let readers decide for themselves which tool suits their needs best. You can get more details about the ideas behind this book here:
The book will be organized into eight sections, with each section concerning a particular problem area or best practice (e.g. Configuration Management, Testing, Issue Tracking…). Each section will be divided into chapters, each of which focuses on a particular tool or technique, and which contains a set of articles about that tool or technique.The general sections of the book are listed here.
Check out the detailed outline here.
If you want to participate in the elaboration of this book, there are a few ways you can contribute:
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The Java Power Tools book is now nearing completion. It's currently being reviewed, and I have done some major reorganizing of the contents. All the important content is still there, and there is some cool extra stuff like a new chapter on the Hudson continuous integration tool. Review so far are very positive! Check out the latest table of contents here: book-outline.
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I've added a new Java Power Tools poll: what Java IDE do you use?
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I've just posted new poll on Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools. I'm interested to see how Subversion compares these days to CVS. And who is using commercial tools like ClearCase, StarTeam and Perforce? Check it out software-configuration-management here.
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There are many tools that can be used to improve Java code quality. Many of these tools are based on static code analysis techniques. Which do you use, if any? Check out the new poll at Code Quality-related tools.
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The polls that I added recently are getting some interesting initial results. On the build tools front, Ant is in front of Maven 2, but not by that much. Cruise Control still seems to be the leader in the Continuous Integration tools domain, well in front of Continuum and LuntBuild . And Bugzilla is the big winner in the Issue Tracking sphere, well in front of Trac and JIRA. Non-specified commercial solutions are also well represented in the issue tracking section.
Of course, so far, the number of participants is still low in statistical terms, so the results should be taken with a large grain of salt. If you want to share your own experiences, please pop in and vote for your preferred tools!
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The Java Power Tools project is very much a collaborative one. We're all interested to know what tools people are using in various domains. I've set up a few polls to get some feedback from the Java community about what their favorite tools are. So check out the new Polls section here.
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This new version of the Java Power Tools website uses the wikidot.com Wiki farm, which is more powerful and more flexible than the previous solution.
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Anonymous (202.91.134.73) 1214559200|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I am using Eclipse for my development.
Anonymous (202.91.134.73), 1214559200|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (216.178.128.50) 1213054049|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I find Findbugs really useful ++++
Anonymous (75.61.3.150) 1211981055|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
We used Scriptella to move select data from a Microsoft SQL Server DB to a MySQL DB. It has worked great and was able to handle many complex use cases. It saved us a lot of time. The support from the author is great. I am very impressed.
Anonymous (82.84.87.2) 1210423557|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Intellij IDEA 7.0.3
Anonymous (82.84.87.2), 1210423557|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (99.140.172.65) 1207178419|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Just FWIW, Sun has a repository which is compatible with both Maven 1 and Maven 2. You can find information about this repository here:
https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/
But, a better solution is to use the open source implementations of almost all the Java Enterprise APIs from the Apache Geronimo project. You can find these under:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/geronimo/specs
This group is going to contain everything you need, it has the el API available.
Tim O'Brien
http://www.sonatype.com/book/
Anonymous (209.211.140.145) 1206982456|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
NetBeans 6
Anonymous (209.211.140.145), 1206982456|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (10.8.1.6) 1206052164|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
StackTrace from http://www.adaptj.com for monitoring and production mode debugging.
Anonymous (220.237.80.82) 1205886595|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
What is happening in the world of automated deployment tools, approaches, process etc
Anonymous (202.78.230.186) 1205563157|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I think Cobertura is Test Coverage instead of Testing
Anonymous (217.21.35.104) 1204810684|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
We use Scriptella ETL to import test data in CSV format. Scriptella is also used to initialize an in-memory database for jUnit tests.
Anonymous (163.191.134.136) 1204566627|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Eclipse
Anonymous (163.191.134.136), 1204566627|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (203.200.178.193) 1204270754|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
IntelliJ Idea
Anonymous (203.200.178.193), 1204270754|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (220.225.84.141) 1204265474|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
We are using jTrac to track issues and task at Acclaris (www.acclaris.com). We have offices in Tampa, Kansas City in USA, Kolkata, Vizag and Siliguri in India. With jTrac it is very easy to setup multiple workspaces and define your own customized workflow and custom fields for each workspace. It deploys as a war file.
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Anonymous (220.225.84.141), 1204265474|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (220.225.84.141) 1204264837|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
We started writing functional tests using HttpUnit and later migrated to jWebUnit. I believe these are worth mentioning in your book.
thanks,
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Anonymous (124.30.27.18) 1204260901|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Most suitable IDE Eclipse 3.3 Europa
Anonymous (124.30.27.18), 1204260901|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (203.187.129.238) 1204258502|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I am using Eclipse
Anonymous (203.187.129.238), 1204258502|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (12.207.60.2) 1204244100|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
JDeveloper - the nicest combination of power yet easy to use. It's like IntelliJ IDEA only faster, more straightforward and free. Eclipse is a bit too non-standard (even if it is very popular). Compare hotkey default mappings: JDeveloper, IDEA and Netbeans share many hotkeys and Eclipse is the odd one out.
Anonymous (12.207.60.2), 1204244100|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anonymous (87.252.227.46) 1203281679|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I've successfully used Scriptella to migrate from MySQL to DB2 and PostgreSQL. It works fine.
Anonymous (88.131.41.194) 1202973751|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
+1
Anonymous (172.70.70.133) 1201510081|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Eclipse, only Eclipse :-P
Anonymous (172.70.70.133), 1201510081|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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