CSC 205/206 Tools
Professor Stearns

A major focus for all software engineers is their toolkit. There are thousands of software engineering tools; many projects have failed due to an inappropriate focus on tools. One of the objectives of CSC 205/206 is to learn how to select and use proper tools.

Dr. Dalbey's Tool List

Requirements Writing Tools

Data Dictionary Tool

Weigers Use Case Form

Project Build Tool

Ant

UML Tools

Together (excellent tool; free download)
IBM Rose (complex, commercial tool with tutorials and downloads)
Argo/UML Tool for drawing UML diagrams. (any Java platform)
Dia Drawing Tool for drawing UML diagrams. (Linux/Solaris)

Middleware tools

JSP links

Sun's JSP site
Tomcat JSP server. (for Apache)
Download The Tomcat JSP server for Win32 machines (includes Trevor's example)
Java Servlet API
CGI Perl Tutorial

Gantt Charts

University of Texas Gantt Chart Page
Kidasa a commercial Gantt Chart tool that allows trial use.

Install Tools

Install Anywhere Probably the best Java install tool and it has free trials.

Test Tools

Coverage Test Tool
Test Resource Center (lots of test tools!)
Java Assertion Writing Tool
Quality Tree Resource Page
CSC JitterBug Page (bug tracking tool)

Last updated on 4/16/03

CSC 205/206 Tools Professor Stearns

CSC 205/206 Tools
Professor Stearns