CSE 403: Software Engineering, Spring 2013

Links

Requirements:

• IBM DeveloperWorks: Writing good requirements is a lot like writing good code
• User Interface Hall of Shame
• A List Apart: Paper Prototyping
• Web Pages That Suck

Design:

• OO Design Principles
• uml-diagrams.org
• Introduction to UML 2 sequence diagrams
• UML sequence diagrams and Eclipse (IBM)
  
• UML Tools: Violet (Marty version) (Java Web Start version), Dia, UMLet, ArgoUML, ESSModel, Rational Rose, Visual Paradigm
• Controller UML state diagram examples
• Static analysis (code style checking) tools:
  • FindBugs (Java)
  • CheckStyle (Java)
  • PMD (Java)
  • Coverity (Java)
  • FxCop (C# / .NET)
  • StyleCop (C# / .NET)
  • Laser (Ruby)
  • PyLint (Python)

IDEs and Languages:

• Eclipse
• Eclipse for Ruby on Rails: RDT (tutorial)
• Eclipse for PHP: Eclipse PDT
• Eclipse for web programming: Aptana, JSEclipse, JSEditor

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Unit testing: JUnit (Java), DbUnit zentest (Ruby), NUnit (.NET), JsUnit (JavaScript), others
• Unit test coverage:
  • Java: EclEmma, Cobertura, CoView (requires license), Hansel, NoUnit, others
  • Ruby: RCov
• Code analysis (scans code for bugs): PMD, FindBugs
• Integration testing: jMock - API docs (Java), FlexMock, Mocha, RSpec (Ruby), SimpleTest / PHPUnit (PHP), GoogleMock (C++), NMock (.NET)
• Build Tools: CruiseControl
• System / UI testing:
  • Selenium (browser / web apps)
  • Robotium (Android)
  • UI/Application Exerciser Monkey (Android)
  • Android UI testing manual
  • Abbot (Java Swing/AWT GUIs)
• Reliability and Logging: java.util.logging (Java), log4j (JSP), log4r (Ruby), NLog / .NET Logging Framework (.NET)
• Load testing: JMeter, The Grinder, curl-loader, DOTS, ab (Apache Benchmark), OpenSTA, others
• Site monitoring (downloadable): CheckWebSite, ZABBIX, Spong Site monitoring (services): Montastic, ExternalTest, SiteUpTime, DotCom-Monitor, Internet Vista, others
• Web compatibility: W3C HTML validator, W3C link checker
• Performance testing, optimization, profiling:
  • JavaScript: Firebug
    • WebSiteOptimization: Optimizing JavaScript for Download Speed
    • WebSiteOptimization: Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed
    • DevWebPro: Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed
  • J2EE/JSP: AppPerfect DevTest4J, x.Link
  • Java: HPROF (profiling in Java VM), HPjmeter (interprets HPROF files), TPTP (Eclipse profiler plugin), JUnitPerf (JUnit performance tester)
  • Ruby: ruby-prof
• Security in Android:
  • Android Security Overview
  • Android Security and Permissions - Developer Guide

Maintenance and Refactoring:

• Martin Fowler's list of refactors
• Refactorings from Writing Efficient Programs
• Roedy Green, How to Write Unmaintainable Code (hilarious!)