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Java Power Tools
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Pub. Date: April 22, 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52793-8
Pages in Print Edition: 912
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Overview
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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"javadeveloper" - by mallesh on 21-NOV-2012
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its a good book to the java developers
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"Great introductory book for many tools" - by Anonymous on 06-JAN-2012
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I read sections of this book that were of particular interest to me because of work requirements. I read this book to give me a fundamental understanding of what each of them does and how they interact with each other.
As a reference book, there are probably lots that this is missing but it probably has enough that you can start tooling around in a sandbox.
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"Java Power Tools" - by Sukanya on 13-JAN-2011
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It's really a wonderfull book expaining about build, profiling and testing tools.
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