Productivity Tools

Ken Nguyen

Department of Information Technology

Clayton State University

Productivity Tools

Software products that provides Leverage the learning curve of programmingEase of programmingConsistent formattingEase of packaging and for archiving and product

deploymentQuick access to reference and cross-referenceError checkingDebugging tools

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Programming Generals

Converts source from human readable form to machine readable codes

Links machine codes with libraries Result is an application in executable format

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C/C++ compilation process

Integrated Development Environment Target a programming language (may have

plug-ins for other language)Easy to manage large projectsCompiler and linker built inOften include online syntax referenceMore user friendly than command line

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Some popular IDEs Microsoft Visual Studio

Apple Xcode

Netbeans [Free] http://netbeans.org/

Eclipse [free]: http://eclipse.org/

IntelliLIDEA [free]: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

Komodo Edit [free]: http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit

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Source Control Versions and Revisions Allows

Track file changes over timesCollaboration between group members Back up and restoreSort term and long term undoTrack changesTrack ownershipsSand-boxingBranch and merge More: http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-

visual-guide-to-version-control/

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Some Version Control Tools Lingo: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingo-cvs/

AccuRev SCM, Bazaar,

CVS, Git, GNU arch,

Monotone, Visual SourceSafe

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software

From: http://www.infoq.com/resource/articles/agile-version-control/en/resources/image15.gif