During the semester you will have questions (I guarantee it :). When you have a question, this should be one of the first places you go to look for an answer.

System and Programming Tools

• Eclipse (An Open Source Integrated Development Environment)
  • Using the Ambient plug-in
  • Using Eclipse
• CVS (the Concurrent Versions System)
  • Using CVS within the Ambient plug-in
  • Using CVS directly within Eclipse
• SVN (Subversion, a newer Concurrent Versions System)
  • Google will host your project if you use SVN
  • Installing the SVN Eclipse plug-in
  • Using SVN
• Web Development Resources
  • HTML
  • CSS
• CSS Zen Garden
• Web Design from Scratch

Program Design and Development

• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• Extreme Programming
• Refactoring Home
• Code Smells Taxonomy
• Design Heuristics
• Design Principles
• Pragmatic Programming Articles

Java

• Primary Java Site
• Java 6 API and general documentation
• Java FAQ
• The Online Tutorial
• Javadoc, a tool to automatically generate HTML documentation
  • Writing Javadoc comments
  • Generating HTML pages within Eclipse
• JUnit, a tool for automatically testing Java code
  • JUnit API
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests
  • Using JUnit within Eclipse
• Creating Executable Jar files and Java Webstart

Python

• Primary Python Site
• Python API
• Python FAQ
• The Online Tutorial
• Vaults of Parnassus
• Pydev, a Python Eclipse plug-in
  • Installing Pydev
  • Configuring and Using Pydev
• PyUnit, a tool for automatically testing Python code
  • PyUnit API
  • Unit Testing in Python from Dive Into Python
  • Using PyUnit within Eclipse
• Jython, runing Python seamlessly within Java

Duke Specific Resources

• OIT On-Line Help Page
• OIT Computing Survival Guide
• OIT Software Library: software available to Duke Students