Developer Resources

Editors

• Edit Plus - a fast and useful notepad replacement.
• jEdit

Java

Libraries

• ECJ - Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming research system.
• Evolvica - a Java Framework for evolutionary algorithms.
• JFreeChart - charting library.
• JGraph - visual swing component to present and edit graph.
• JGraphT - a java graph library containing graph-theory objects and algorithms.
• BeanShell - a Java Interpreter.
• Archis - a platform for Artificial Life Simulation
• JasperReports - a Java reporting tool with some graphical report designers.

Tools

Code formatters:

• Jalopy

Style checkers and code purifiers:

• Checkstyle
• PMD
• FindBugs

Java IDEs:

• Eclipse (default choice)
• BlueJ - for Java beginners.
• jBuilder
• IntelliJ
• Oracle JDeveloper
• NetBeans

Eclipse Plugins:

• Profiler - profiler support.
• Eclipse-CS - Checkstyle support.
• eSpell - a spell checker for comments and variable names.
• java2html - exports Java sources into syntax-highlighted HTML.
• EnABAP - an eclipse plugin (link is for intranet users).

Others:

• Ant - build utility.
• GCJ - Gnu java native compiler.
• JabRef - BibTeX bibliography manager.
• Eluent - advanced search and replace utility and more.
• NetopSystems - deployment tools.
• Pollo - a Java based XML editor.
• Subversion - a CVS replacement versioning system.
• RetroWeaver - run Java 5.0 code over older JVM.
• JAD - Java decompiler.

Literature

• Comparison with C# - MSDN paper
• Enhancements in JDK 5.0

Unix

• The Art of Unix Programming

PHP

• phpBB - full featured bulletin board.
• www.php.net - everything about PHP.

Tutorials

• Speed-start Linux applications (half day)
• Speed-start Web services (full day)
• Java Generic Tutorial (22 pages)
• Globalizing applications (half day)
• W3 schools - tutorials for web technologies.

Utilities

• Junction - creates symbolic links on Windows systems.
• SenseLang - a free touch typing training program (English + Hebrew).
• BootIt - partition manager that allows resizing partitions.
• Araxis Merge - a wonderful compare/merge utility.
• WinMerge - a free compare/merge utility.

Commentary

• Joel Spolsky's site on software development.
• The poetry of programming.
• PR for Open Source projects.
• The most popular programming languages.

Other

• Guru.com - online marketplace for freelance.