All true craftsmen need the best tools to do their finest work, and
programmers are no different. Java Power Tools delivers 30 open
source tools designed to improve the development practices of Java
developers in any size team or organization. Each chapter includes
a series of short articles about one particular tool -- whether
it's for build systems, version control, or other aspects of the
development process -- giving you the equivalent of 30 short
reference books in one package. No matter which development method
your team chooses, whether it's Agile, RUP, XP, SCRUM, or one of
many others available, Java Power Tools provides practical
techniques and tools to help you optimize the process. The book
discusses key Java development problem areas and best practices,
and focuses on open source tools that can help increase
productivity in each area of the development cycle, including:
*Build tools including Ant and Maven 2 *Version control tools such
as CVS and Subversion, the two most prominent open source tools
*Quality metrics tools that measure different aspects of code
quality, including CheckStyle, PMD, FindBugs and Jupiter *Technical
documentation tools that can help you generate good technical
documentation without spending too much effort writing and
maintaining it *Unit Testing tools including JUnit 4, TestNG, and
the open source coverage tool Cobertura *Integration, Load and
Performance Testing to integrate performance tests into unit tests,
load-test your application, and automatically test web services,
Swing interfaces and web interfaces *Issue management tools
including Bugzilla and Trac *Continuous Integration tools such as
Continuum, Cruise Control, LuntBuild and Hudson If you are a Java
developer, these tools can help improve your development practices,
and make your life easier in the process. Lead developers, software
architects and people interested in the wider picture will be able
to gather from these pages some useful ideas about improving your
project infrastructure and best practices.
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