Productivity Tools

S.No	Tools	Detail	URL
1	Apache Ant	Java Build Tool	http://ant.apache.org/
2	Apache Maven	Software project management and comprehension tool	http://maven.apache.org/
3	Apache Tomcat	Open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies	http://tomcat.apache.org/
4	Cygwin	collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows	http://www.cygwin.com/
5	Fiddler	Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet.	http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/
6	Grails	Grails is a high-productivity web framework based on the Groovy language	http://www.grails.org/
7	Gwt	Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications	http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
8	iReport	The report designer for JasperReports and JasperServer	http://jasperforge.org/projects/ireport
9	jad	Java Decompiler	http://www.varaneckas.com/jad
10	Java Decompiler (JD-GUI)	JD-GUI is a standalone graphical utility that displays Java source codes of “.class” files	http://java.decompiler.free.fr/?q=jdgui
11	JMeter	Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance	http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/
12	Notepad++	free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages	http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
13	Putty	Telnet and SSH Client	http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
14	SQLDeveloper	Database frontend	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/overview/index.html
15	Sun JDK	JDK	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
16	SVN	command-line SVN	http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download
17	Tortoise-svn	Windows Shell Extension	http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
18	Violet UML	UML Editor	http://alexdp.free.fr/violetumleditor/page.php
19	Firefox	Browser	http://www.getfirefox.net/
	Plugins
		Yslow
		Firebug
		Selenium
		Greesemonkey
20	Eclipse		http://www.eclipse.org/downloads
	STS – Springsource Tool Suite Eclipse Java Development Tools Eclipse Platform EMF - Eclipse Modeling Framework Runtime and Tools Graphical Editing Framework Draw2d Additional plugins : Cypal Studio for GWT EclEmma Java Code Coverage Eclipse BIRT Eclipse Checkstyle Eclipse HTTP Client (http4e) Eclipse XML Editors and Tools FindBugs Feature Java Code Review Feature Java EE Developer Tools Javascript Developer Tools Log Analysis Core Maven Maven Integration for Eclipse Maven issue tracking configurator for Mylyn Maven : The Definitive Guide Book Maven Embedder MoreUnit Plug-In Mozilla Rhino Feature Mylyn Mylyn Connector Mylyn WikiText PMD for Eclipse RegexUtil SoapUI Feature Spring IDE AJDT*, AOP*, Autowire, Core, JavaConfig, Mylyn, OSGi, Security, Web Flow Subversion Subclipse Subclipse Integration for Mylyn Subversion Client Adapter TPTP v 4.5.1.v200901090100 Analysis, Charting, Core, JVMTI Profiler, Log & Traces Analyser, Monitoring Tools Project, Platform*, ... Web Developer Tools Wicked Shell WSDL XSD Liferay Plugin JBoss JBPM Plugin Vaadin Plugin Mule Scala Groovy

Tech Trends - My Observation

Attended GIDS 2011 few weeks back, watching the forums and other sources.
Based on those, my observations are -

1. Learn atleast couple of Alternate JVM languages like Scala, Groovy/Grails, JRuby etc.,
2. Start focusing on Tablet / Smartphone application development (Android, Objective C, Bada[Samsung], etc.,)

I'm not sure when the Desktops / Laptops getting phased off (could happen in the near future).
The reason why i'm skeptical is the war which is happening on the Tablet space

See the list of tablets (not based on the sales / market presence)
iPad, Galaxy Tab, PlayBook, S1, S2, etc.,

Some Sample Code

All samples depend on the Perf4J.

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class ArrayCopy {

private static int count = 200000;

private static void nArrayCopy() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

int arrayFirst[]= new int[count];

int arraySecond[] = new int[count];

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

arrayFirst[i] = i;

}

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

arraySecond[i] = arrayFirst[i];

}

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

if(i/5000 == 0)

System.out.print(arraySecond[i]);

}

stopWatch.stop("Normal Array Copy");

}

private static void sArrayCopy() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

int arrayFirst[]= new int[count];

int arraySecond[] = new int[count];

for(int i=0;iount;i++) {

arrayFirst[i] = i;

}

System.arraycopy(arrayFirst, 0, arraySecond, 0, count);

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

if(i/5000 == 0)

System.out.print(arraySecond[i]);

}

stopWatch.stop("System Array Copy");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

nArrayCopy();

sArrayCopy();

}

}

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class ArrayCopy {

private static int count = 200000;

private static void nArrayCopy() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

int arrayFirst[]= new int[count];

int arraySecond[] = new int[count];

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

arrayFirst[i] = i;

}

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

arraySecond[i] = arrayFirst[i];

}

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

if(i/5000 == 0)

System.out.print(arraySecond[i]);

}

stopWatch.stop("Normal Array Copy");

}

private static void sArrayCopy() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

int arrayFirst[]= new int[count];

int arraySecond[] = new int[count];

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

arrayFirst[i] = i;

}

System.arraycopy(arrayFirst, 0, arraySecond, 0, count);

for(int i=0; i<count ; i++) {

if(i/5000 == 0)

System.out.print(arraySecond[i]);

}

stopWatch.stop("System Array Copy");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

nArrayCopy();

sArrayCopy();

}

}

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Hashtable;

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class HMHT {

private static int count = 2000;

private static void hashMapMan() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

HashMap hMan = new HashMap();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

hMan.put(i, i);

}

stopWatch.stop("HashMap");

}

private static void hashTableMan() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

Hashtable hTable = new Hashtable();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

hTable.put(i, i);

}

stopWatch.stop("HashTable");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

hashMapMan();

hashTableMan();

}

}

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class Primitivies {

private static int count = 20000;

private static void usingChar() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

char val=0;

for(char i=0; i<count;i++) {

val = (char) (val + i);

}

stopWatch.stop("Char");

}

private static void usingShort() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

short val=0;

for(short i=0; i<count;i++) {

val = (short) (val + i);

}

stopWatch.stop("Short");

}

private static void usingInt() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

int val=0;

for(int i=0; i<count;i++) {

val = val + i;

}

stopWatch.stop("Int");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

usingChar();

usingShort();

usingInt();

}

}

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class StringMan {

private static int count = 2000;

public static void usingString() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

String output= new String();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

output = output.concat(Integer.toString(i));

}

stopWatch.stop("String");

}

public static void usingStringBuffer() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

StringBuffer output= new StringBuffer();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

output = output.append(Integer.toString(i));

}

stopWatch.stop("StringBuffer");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

usingString();

usingStringBuffer();

}

}

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Vector;

import org.perf4j.StopWatch;

import org.perf4j.log4j.Log4JStopWatch;

public class VALHM {

private static int count = 2000;

private static void vectorMan() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

Vector vMan = new Vector();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

vMan.add(i);

}

stopWatch.stop("Vector");

}

private static void hashMapMan() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

HashMap hMan = new HashMap();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

hMan.put(i, i);

}

stopWatch.stop("HashMap");

}

private static void arrayListMan() {

StopWatch stopWatch = new Log4JStopWatch();

ArrayList aMan = new ArrayList();

for(int i=0;i<count;i++) {

aMan.add(i);

}

stopWatch.stop("ArrayList");

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

vectorMan();

hashMapMan();

arrayListMan();

}

}

Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail

http://java.dzone.com/articles/failing-plan-planning-fail

Fan is now Fantom

Did some work for few days long time back and recently came to know that FAN is now FANTOM



Check this........
http://fantom.org

Two things ....

HP to buy Palm - http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/28/technology/hp_palm/index.htm?hpt=T2
Let's wait and see... another sensational product in the pipeline....
Apple's Market Cap is more than MS' - http://www.macworld.com/article/150809/2010/04/apple_marketcap.html

Selenium

Cool tool.....