RE: Tools for J2EE Project

Also JUnit for unit testing...

www.junit.org

Regards,
Mushtaq

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> From: 	Francis Purcell[SMTP:[email protected]]
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> Sent: 	Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:47 AM
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> Subject: 	Re: [EJB-Developer] Tools for J2EE Project
> 
> Hi Sundar,
> 
> Ant & XDoclet are requirements for everything J2EE I now do :
> 
>    Apache Ant -- of course...so many options in this thing, it's 
> unbelievable (my favorite lesser know options is being able to turn tabs
> in 
> your source code into x-number of spaces).  I'm pretty sure there are VSS 
> options native to Ant...if not, you may want to look at using CVS if at
> all 
> possible.
>    XDoclet (http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net) -- invaluable, especially when
> 
> developing EJBs (I think there are tags for Orion, which I'd assume works 
> with Oracle...if not, someone either has templates they can give you, or
> it 
> would be worth building your own).
> 
> A good J2EE unit testing tool is Apache's Cactus, but I don't have enough 
> experience with it to call it a requirement.  I too would like to know
> what 
> other testing tools (especially performance testing) people are using...
> 
> As to meeting a schedule without fail, I don't think I'm the best person
> to 
> answer this question :-).   I find inspiration in many extreme programming
> 
> concepts around managing expectations, especially where you involve the 
> client to determine what the requirements are, and the developers in 
> determining how long each requirement will take...then negotiating with
> the 
> client and letting them determine the trade offs between time and 
> functionality.   Take a look at: 
> http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingSummary
> 
> Good luck,
> Frank
> 
> p.s., In preparing for this project, I would allocate time for you and
> your 
> developers to learn the tools.  Don't just run through the examples that 
> come with the tools (unless you want to build a false sense of 
> confidence).  Rather, take the examples and build new things on top of 
> them.  Mimic what you are going to be doing on this project (servlets, 
> ejbs, etc...), and really exercise your knowledge of the tools (e.g., use 
> ant to create a build system full of build rules for your prototype ejbs &
> 
> servlets; use XDoclet to create deployment descriptors and home/remote 
> interfaces for those prototypes; create a single rule in ant that builds 
> your code from scratch, starts your J2EE server, deploys your jar/war/ear,
> 
> runs your unit test, strips any tabs in your code, and check the changes 
> into VSS, etc...).  Knowing as much about how these things work (and how 
> they don't) before you enter panic mode is a big plus...  BTW, there are 
> some pretty good presentation tools out there, and more coming out every 
> day (http://www.theserverside.com/home/thread.jsp?thread_id=593)...my 
> advice, Oracle AS may do some things very very well, but it probably does 
> not do everything you need.
> 
> 
> At 09:56 AM 3/23/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >Dear Developers,
> >
> >I am about to lead a J2EE project. I would like to know a list of best 
> >tools that I should get hold of. As we are going with Oracle9i as the app
> 
> >server. So for IDE we are going for JDeveloper. For Version control I am 
> >thinking to use Visual Source Safe. I would like to know the appropriate 
> >tools for Desinging, Project management, Testing including functional, 
> >load testing, performance testing.  I would appriciate if U guys can give
> 
> >inputs as how should I proceed managing the project as the cilent wants
> us 
> >to meet the deadline without fail. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Sundar.
> >>
> >>
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