Table of Contents

Practical Development Environments
By Matthew B. Doar
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: September 2005
ISBN: 0-596-00796-5
Pages: 328

Table of Contents  | Index

		Dedication
		Copyright
		Preface
			What This Book Is About
			What This Book Is Not About
			Who Should Read This Book
			What's Inside
			Style Conventions
			Using Code Examples
			Safari Enabled
			Comments and Questions
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Section 1.1.  Developing Software Products
			Section 1.2.  Open and Closed Software Development
			Section 1.3.  Dirty Secrets of Software Projects
			Section 1.4.  What Does "Practical" Mean?
			Section 1.5.  A Personal Tools Quiz
		Chapter 2.  Project Basics
			Section 2.1.  The Parts of a Project
			Section 2.2.  Software Configuration Management
			Section 2.3.  Building Software
			Section 2.4.  Testing Software
			Section 2.5.  Tracking Bugs
			Section 2.6.  Writing Documentation
			Section 2.7.  Releasing Products
			Section 2.8.  Maintenance
			Section 2.9.  Recommended Tools
		Chapter 3.  Project Concepts
			Section 3.1.  Preconstructed Development Environments
			Section 3.2.  Why Integration Is Helpful
			Section 3.3.  Why Automation Is Vital
			Section 3.4.  Automation Environments
			Section 3.5.  Labeling Builds
			Section 3.6.  Naming Projects and Machines
			Section 3.7.  Choosing New Tools
			Section 3.8.  Internationalization and Localization
			Section 3.9.  Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
		Chapter 4.  Software Configuration Management
			Section 4.1.  Why Do I Need SCM?
			Section 4.2.  What SCM Is and Is Not
			Section 4.3.  Drawbacks of SCM
			Section 4.4.  A Typical Day's Work with SCM
			Section 4.5.  SCM Annoyances
			Section 4.6.  SCM Tools
			Section 4.7.  Comparison of SCM Tools
			Section 4.8.  Wider Uses of SCM
			Section 4.9.  Checklist
		Chapter 5.  Building Software
			Section 5.1.  How Software Gets Built
			Section 5.2.  Build States: Virgin, Up-to-date, Changed, Interrupted, Clean
			Section 5.3.  Build Dependencies
			Section 5.4.  Common Build Problems
			Section 5.5.  Build Tools
			Section 5.6.  Comparison of Build Tools
			Section 5.7.  Changing Your Build Tool
			Section 5.8.  Checklist
		Chapter 6.  Testing Software
			Section 6.1.  Different Kinds of Tests
			Section 6.2.  Why Automate Your Tests?
			Section 6.3.  Evaluating Test Environments
			Section 6.4.  Test Environments
			Section 6.5.  Types of Test Tools
			Section 6.6.  The Difficult Parts of Testing
			Section 6.7.  Checklist
		Chapter 7.  Tracking Bugs
			Section 7.1.  Tool Requirements
			Section 7.2.  Bug Tracking Tools
			Section 7.3.  Bug Tracking Annoyances
			Section 7.4.  Integrating with SCM Tools
			Section 7.5.  Checklist
		Chapter 8.  Documentation Environments
			Section 8.1.  Technical Documentation
			Section 8.2.  Documents and SCM
			Section 8.3.  File Formats for Documentation
			Section 8.4.  Documentation Environments
			Section 8.5.  More File Formats
			Section 8.6.  Automated Production of Documentation
			Section 8.7.  Bad Ideas for Documentation
			Section 8.8.  Internal Project Documentation
			Section 8.9.  Checklist
		Chapter 9.  Releasing Products
			Section 9.1.  Overview
			Section 9.2.  Before the Release
			Section 9.3.  Creating the Release
			Section 9.4.  Packaging Formats
			Section 9.5.  Installation Tools
			Section 9.6.  Installation IrritationsShip Happens!
			Section 9.7.  After the Release
			Section 9.8.  Checklist
		Chapter 10.  Maintenance
			Section 10.1.  Maintaining an Environment
			Section 10.2.  What Is Product Maintenance?
			Section 10.3.  Product Maintenance Tasks
			Section 10.4.  Product Maintenance and Development Environments
			Section 10.5.  Cleaning Up Your Environment
			Section 10.6.  Checklist
		Chapter 11.  Project Communication
			Section 11.1.  Tools for Communication
			Section 11.2.  A Project Web Site
			Section 11.3.  Different Areas for the Project Web Site
			Section 11.4.  Creating the Web Site
			Section 11.5.  Avoiding Content Rot
		Chapter 12.  Politics and People
			Section 12.1.  The Role of the Toolsmith
			Section 12.2.  When Good Projects Go Bad
			Section 12.3.  Awkward People
			Section 12.4.  Twisted Communications
			Section 12.5.  Commit Rights
			Section 12.6.  Automation Discipline
			Section 12.7.  What Do Developers Really Want?
			Section 12.8.  An Upbeat Ending
		Appendix A.  How Tools Scale
			Section A.1.  Scaling of Compilers
			Section A.2.  Scaling of Build Tools
		Appendix B.  Resources
			Section B.1.  Online
			Section B.2.  Magazines
			Section B.3.  Books
			Section B.4.  Conferences
			Section B.5.  University and College Courses
		Colophon
		Index