System and Programming Tools

• Eclipse (An Open Source Integrated Development Environment)
  • Using the Ambient plug-in
  • Using Eclipse
• Visual Guide to Version Control Systems
  • Git (includes how to download to use the command-line version)
  • EGit, the Eclipse plug-in
    • Beginner's tutorial (includes how to install the plug-in)
    • User Guide
  • Pro Git book (comprehensive reference)
• Web Development Resources
  • HTML
  • CSS
• CSS Zen Garden
• Web Design from Scratch
• OIT Software Library: software available to Duke Students

Program Design and Development

• Agile Programming
  • Manifesto for Agile Software Development
  • Extreme Programming
• Improving Code
  • Code Smells Taxonomy
  • List of Refactorings in Alphabetical Order
  • Smells to Refactorings
• Improving Design
  • Design Principles
  • Design Heuristics
  • Design Patterns
• Pragmatic Programming Articles
• Many of the design pricinciples discussed in class are embodied in these Coding and Documentation Conventions

Java

• Primary Java Site
• Java 6 API and general documentation
• The Online Tutorial
• Javadoc, a tool to automatically generate HTML documentation
  • Writing Javadoc comments
  • Generating Javadoc with Eclipse
• JUnit, a tool for automatically testing Java code
  • JUnit API
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests
  • Using JUnit within Eclipse
  • Coverclipse: a tool for showing how much code your tests cover
• Generalizing your code to be used as executable Jar or Webstart