New Book: Java Power Tools
Tonight I went to a movie theater to watch the new Batman movie but all showings were sold out right into tomorrow. Instead of spending money on another movie I decided to go home. On my way back I walked by a Chapters bookstore and decided to check out the computer section. I don't usually buy programming books from book stores because they don't usually have the latest specialized books I want, and I like to research using book reviews and comments online before making a decision. It didn't take long for me to find a book that I've been eying up for a while: Java Power Tools. This book shows how to use tons of the things I've been wanting to learn for a long time. Specifically: Maven2 (build system), Archiva (Maven2 remote repository), OpenFire (XMPP/Jabber IM server which is good for IDE collaboration tools), Corbertura (test coverage reports), JMeter (load and performance testing), SoapUI (web service testing), Selenium (testing web application UIs), Checkstyle (detecting and enforcing coding standards), PMD and FindBugs (preemptive error detection), Subversion (I want to learn how to manage a subversion server), etc. It even covers many topics using NetBeans 6. Very cool. This is the stuff I want to build experience in on my newish project, and if it all works well then standardize it for future Java projects.
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
