Links to software development resources
Build tools
| Ant | Very popular build tool for Java. |
| Maven | More advanced build tool that builds on top of Ant. |
Configuration Management
| CVS Reference Manual | The "official" CVS manual by Per Cederqvist et al. |
| WinCVS | Free CVS client for Windows. |
| Subversion | Maybe a future replacement for CVS. |
Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
| Eclipse | My favorite Java development platform. |
| TogetherSoft | Home of Together, a CASE tool for Java, C# and C++ |
Code generation tools
| AspectJ | Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) for Java. |
| XDoclet | Attribute Oriented Programming for Java |
Java
| Jikes Java Compiler | High performance open source Java compiler. |
| The Java Tutorial | Sun's own tutorial on Java. Good place to start when new to the language. But it also covers advanced concepts. |
Magazines
| Software Development | Award winning and very professional magazine on software development |
Testing
| Clover | Clever code coverage tool for Java. |
| JUnit | Unit test framework for Java. |
Unified Modelling Language (UML)
| Practial UML | The best UML reference that I have come across. |
Weblogs
| Joel on Software | Super good weblog on software management. Don't miss out on Joel's educational and often funny articles and observations about the software industry. Also do yourself a favour and dig out some articles from the archive |