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Java: My Favorite Free Tools For Java Development

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Jonathan Aquino - 20 Aug 2003 07:03 GMT
IDE: Eclipse. IBM's poured $40 million (so far) into this IDE, and
made it free. Rename/move methods/classes/packages, even across
projects! Seamlessly work on multiple projects; fast smart
compilation; native GUI; specialized window-layouts ("perspectives");
plug-ins; ...

Text editor: XEmacs. Macros, built-in psychoanalyst:-), literally 1000
plug-ins, including: view/edit lines matching regexp, text stats, no
mouse needed, highlight regexp, run shell command on selection,
language-indep auto-complete, multiple window-layouts, saves state
between sessions, random sort, ...

Code-coverage testing: JCoverage. Produces some beautiful HTML pages
with red/green bars, linked to your source code in HTML.

Code comprehension: Doxygen (works for Java). Produces beautiful
flowing class/interface-hierarchy diagrams, each linked to your source
code HTMLized.

Code metrics: CCCC (works for Java). Generates a huge HTML report
containing a ton of useful metrics, including: lines of code,
fan-in/fan-out (cool!), depth of inheritance tree...

Finding unused methods: Proguard. An obfuscator, but has an option to
find dead code.

Chart library: JFreeChart. A library (jar file) rather than a
development tool, but hey, it gives your app slick-looking graphs!
Comes with easy-to-understand examples.

Jon
BillR - 20 Aug 2003 13:07 GMT
> IDE: Eclipse. IBM's poured $40 million (so far) into this IDE, and
> made it free. Rename/move methods/classes/packages, even across
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> Jon

Nice post, Jon.  Certainly a good reference for those willing to
search the ng archives in the future.  Looks like it might have the
makings of a new Pricelessware subcategory if we have enough
developers.

Or perhaps ACF could recruit the opinions from the appropriate ng(s).
Or offer to host a page for reporting the results of an appropriate
poll?  Or a link?  (This should make for some interesting reading
between those who view the site as solely the PL -- "just" an ACF poll
-- versus the site as a the basis for a broader effort to recognize
and promote quality freeware highlighted by the PL.)

BillR


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