Tool Setup Guide to CMPS 115 Spring 06

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Tool Setup Guide to CMPS 115 Spring 06

• Guozheng Ge
• CS Dept. UCSC
• April 4, 2006

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Software Development (SD) In General
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Software Development In Real World

• KPMG Canada Survey (1997)
• gt61 projects failed
• gt75 delayed
• gt50 substantially over budget
• Chaos Report (1995)
• 31.1 projects got cancelled before completion
• 52.7 cost over 189 of their budget
• Only 16.2 on-time and on-budget

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SD is about the Process
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SD is about Tools

• Programming languages
• Component libraries
• Editors, IDEs
• Compilers
• Debugger
• Testing tools
• Configuration management tools, e.g. version
  control, distributed collaboration, etc.
• Modeling and design tools

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SD is about Humans

• Different roles in SD process
• Domain expert, architect, designer, developer,
  testing engineer, release and deploy engineer,
  maintainer, end user
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Management and scheduling
• Other non-tech factors
• Trust, devotion, passion, etc.

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Recommended Tools for CMPS115 Spring 06

• Java
• Eclipse
• Subversion
• DForge

http//java.sun.com/
http//www.eclipse.org/
http//subversion.tigris.org/
http//dforge.cse.ucsc.edu/
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Java SDK

• Sun J2SE 5.0 (recommended)
• Others
• IBM JDK (more legacy OS support, AIX, OS/2)
• Apple J2SE
• Bea JRockit
• Kaffe Classpath (open source under GPL)
• Apache Harmony (open source under Apache License)

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Eclipse

• Most popular IDE in Java developers
• Java Development Tools (JDT) sub-project is one
  of the most advanced Java development environment
  out there
• Intuitive GUI
• Code insight
• Real time errors and warnings
• Powerful refactory
• And more
• Eclipse is more than an IDE, but a general
  platform
• Everything is a plugin

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Eclipse Demo

• A simple demo to teach you how to use Eclipse JDT
  by creating a Hello World project (no video)

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Why We Need Version Control
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Harrys work is lost !!!
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Solution 1 Lock-Modify-Unlock
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Solution 2 Copy-Modify-Merge
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Version Control with Subversion

• Subversion supports both solutions

• Most CVS features
• Directory and metadata versioning
• Renames
• Atomic commits
• Constant branching and tagging time
• and many more

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Subversion Client Programs

• Subclipse plugin for Eclipse (demo)
• video svn.avi
• install Subclipse plugin for Eclipse
• import code to svn server
• modify and checkin)
• Command line tool svn

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DForge a Collaborative Online Development Tool

• Developed based on GForge code base
• Features
• Multi-user, project-based management
• Forum, wiki, shared documents
• Bug tracking, release management
• Project statistics
• Subversion repository
• Demo (dforge-final.avi)

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Useful Docs

• CMPS 115 Project Setup Guide
• Version Control with Subversion (an open source
  book under Creative Commons)
• Eclipse.org tutorials and examples
• java.sun.com for Java tutorials, examples and
  Javadoc

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Thank You and Good Luck for Your Projects!