Essential Open Source Toolset

Description:

A unique guide to the classic Linux/Unix Toolset.
Programming is more than just coding. Software developers must build, analyse and test their programs; they have to avoid performance bottlenecks, administer internal and foreign modifications, find and remove errors. Using tools available under Linux/Unix, developers can solve the problems of the programming practice.
* Tools covered are the 'classics' in Linux/Unix environments
* Unique coverage of wide range of tools including: DIFF, PATCH, UNRAVEL, GPROF, GCOV, SniFF+ and many more
* Includes practical exercises to test competence
* Companion Web site includes information on more recent developments as well as extensive additional resources

 

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction.

I Version Control.

2 Managing changes using DIFF and PATCH.

3 Revision management using RCS.

4 Parallel Program development with CVS.

Exercises I.

II Processing Input.

5 Lexical analysis using LEX.

6 Syntactical analysis with YACC.

7 Lexical and syntactic analysis using ANTLR.

Exercises II.

III Building Programs.

8 Building programs with MAKE.

9 Configuring software automatically with AUTOCONF.

10 Documenting programs with JAVADOC.

Exercises III.

IV Prototyping.

11 Creating prototypes using Tcl/Tk.

Exercises IV.

V Testing and Debugging.

12 Software tests with DEJAGNU.

13 Component tests with JUNIT.

14 Tracking Problems with BUGZILLA.

15 Debugging with GDB and DDD.

Exercises V.

VI Program Analysis.

16 Profiling using GPROF and GCOV.

17 Checking Style with CHECKSTYLE.

18 Static program analysis with LINT.

19 Program slicing using UNRAVEL.

Exercises VI.

VII Integrated Environments.

20 Integrated development with ECLIPSE 3.0.

Exercises VII.

Bibliography.

Index.