Practical Development Environments

Name: Practical Development Environments
Author: Matthew Doar

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Paperback, 297 blz. | Engels

O'Reilly | 1e druk, 2005

ISBN13: 9780596007966

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Hoofdrubriek : Computer en informatica

Juridisch : Computer en informatica

O'Reilly 1e druk, 2005 9780596007966

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This book doesn't tell you how to write faster code, or how to write code with fewer memory leaks, or even how to debug code at all. What it does tell you is how to build your product in better ways, how to keep track of the code that you write, and how to track the bugs in your code. Plus some more things you'll wish you had known before starting a project.

Practical Development Environments is a guide, a collection of advice about real development environments for small to medium-sized projects and groups. Each of the chapters considers a different kind of tool:
- tools for tracking versions of files
- build tools, testing tools
- bug-tracking tools
- tools for creating documentation
- tools for creating packaged releases.

Each chapter discusses what you should look for in that kind of tool and what to avoid, and also describes some good ideas, bad ideas, and annoying experiences for each area. Specific instances of each type of tool are described in enough detail so that you can decide which ones you want to investigate further.

Developers want to write code, not maintain makefiles. Writers want to write content instead of manage templates. IT provides machines, but doesn't have time to maintain all the different tools. Managers want the product to move smoothly from development to release, and are interested in tools to help this happen more often. Whether as a full-time position or just because they are helpful, all projects have toolsmiths: making choices about tools, installing them, and then maintaining the tools that everyone else depends upon. This book is especially for everyone who ends up being a toolsmith for his or her group.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780596007966

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:297

Uitgever:O'Reilly

Druk:1

Hoofdrubriek:Computer en informatica

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list of examples
Preface

1. Introduction
Developing Software Products
Open and Closed Software Development
Dirty Secrets of Software Projects
What Does "Practical" Mean?
A Personal Tools Quiz
2. Project Basics
The Parts of a Project
Software Configuration Management
Building Software
Testing Software
Tracking Bugs
Writing Documentation
Releasing Products
Maintenance
Recommended Tools
3. Project Concepts
Preconstructed Development Environments
Why Integration Is Helpful
Why Automation Is Vital
Automation Environments
Labeling Builds
Naming Projects and Machines
Choosing New Tools
Internationalization and Localization
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
4. Software Configuration Management
Why Do I Need SCM?
What SCM Is and Is Not
Drawbacks of SCM
A Typical Day's Work with SCM
SCM Annoyances
SCM Tools
Comparison of SCM Tools
Wider Uses of SCM
Checklist
5. Building Software
How Software Gets Built
Build States: Virgin, Up-to-date, Changed, Interrupted, Clean
Build Dependencies
Common Build Problems
Build Tools
Comparison of Build Tools
Changing Your Build Tool
Checklist
6. Testing Software
Different Kinds of Tests
Why Automate Your Tests?
Evaluating Test Environments
Test Environments
Types of Test Tools
The Difficult Parts of Testing
Checklist
7. Tracking Bugs
Tool Requirements
Bug Tracking Tools
Bug Tracking Annoyances
Integrating with SCM Tools
Checklist
8. Documentation Environments
Technical Documentation
Documents and SCM
File Formats for Documentation
Documentation Environments
More File Formats
Automated Production of Documentation
Bad Ideas for Documentation
Internal Project Documentation
Checklist
9. Releasing Products
Overview
Before the Release
Creating the Release
Packaging Formats
Installation Tools
Installation Irritations-Ship Happens!
After the Release
Checklist
10. Maintenance
Maintaining an Environment
What Is Product Maintenance?
Product Maintenance Tasks
Cleaning Up Your Environment
Checklist
11. Project Communication
Tools for Communication
A Project Web Site
Different Areas for the Project Web Site
Creating the Web Site
Avoiding Content Rot
12. Politics and People
The Role of the Toolsmith
When Good Projects Go Bad
Awkward People
Twisted Communications
Commit Rights
Automation Discipline
What Do Developers Really Want?
An Upbeat Ending

A: How Tools Scale
Scaling of Compilers
Scaling of Build Tools
B: Resources
Online
Magazines
Books
Conferences
University and College Courses

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