Links to web sites that we recommend you check out for more information. Let the course staff know if you come across any other interesting and informative web sites. We will be glad to add it to this list.

Quotes

Out of complexity find simplicity. — Albert Einstein

• Bumper-sticker Computer Science
• Perlis Epigrams
• Rich Pattis' quote collection
• Adages on Software Design and Development

Programming Tools

• IntelliJ: An Integrated Development Environment
  • Getting Started with IntelliJ
  • Using IntelliJ (comprehensive documentation)
  • Common IntelliJ Keyboard Shortcuts
  • IntelliJ Tips by Fedor Korotkov
  • Generating code with IntelliJ instead of writing it
  • Refactoring code automatically with IntelliJ
  • Debugging with IntelliJ
  • Debugging by recording your program as it runs
• Git
  • Visual Git Reference
  • Using Git directly within IntelliJ
  • Understanding the Git Work Flow
  • Git Branching (a visual demo and game)
  • Pro Git book (comprehensive reference)
• Command Line
  • Basic Command Line reference (based on Git Bash for Windows)
  • More complete Command Line reference
  • Tutorial for Beginners
  • Some Favorite Command Line Tricks
  • Introduction to Pipes
  • Some Favorite Uses of Pipes
  • The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond
• OIT Software Library: software available to Duke Students

Program Design and Development

• Agile Programming
  • Manifesto for Agile Software Development
  • Agile Software Development: A gentle introduction
  • Rules of Extreme Programming
  • Scrum Reference Card
  • Scrum Patterns
• Improving Code
  • Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
  • Code Smells Taxonomy
  • List of Refactorings in Alphabetical Order
  • Smells to Refactorings
  • Refactoring Book online
• Improving Design
  • Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers
  • Design Principles
  • Design Smells
  • Design Heuristics
  • Design Patterns or another look at Patterns

Java

• Primary Java Site and SDK download
• Java 10 API and general documentation
• The Official Tutorial
• Java Guru: Questions and Answers
• JavaFX
  • The official documentation, including Getting Started
  • Good, general introduction
• Javadoc, a tool to automatically generate HTML documentation
  • Writing Javadoc comments
  • Generating Javadoc with IntelliJ
• JUnit, a tool for automatically testing Java code
  • JUnit API
  • Using JUnit within IntelliJ
• "Advanced" Java features
  • Java with XML
  • Isolating Locale-Specific Data
  • Formatting Strings
  • Using Lambda Expressions
  • Reflection
  • Generics
  • Annotations
  • Enumerated Types
• Generalizing your code to be used as executable Jar or Webstart
  • More details on getting resources