Development Tools

Git

Version control tool

• Git Overview
• Git Basics
• Undoing Git Changes
• Git Branches
• Rewriting Git History
• Remote Git Repositories
• GitHub
• Using Git
• Git Troubleshooting

SVN

• SVN Basic Terms and Commands
• SVN Version Control

Gradle

Gradle is a build tool based on Groovy, a scripting language that runs on the JVM.

• Gradle Overview
• Installing Gradle
• Gradle Quick Guide: Creating a Java Project
• Creating a Gradle Project
• Gradle build.gradle Build File
• Creating Gradle Tasks
• Using Gradle DefaultTask Classes
• Gradle Web Application Development
• Run Gradle While Excluding Tests
• Gradle Jib Plugin - Build Docker Container Images with Gradle
• Gradle Credentials Plugin - gradle-credentials-plugin
• Difference Between jar Files Generated by Gradle "bootJar" and "jar" Tasks

Maven

Apache Maven is one of the most widely used build tools in Java development.

• Getting Started with Maven | Maven Preparation
• Getting Started with Maven | Quick Start Guide
• Getting Started with Maven | Creating a Maven Project
• Getting Started with Maven | Basics of the pom.xml File
• Getting Started with Maven | Developing Java Applications
• Getting Started with Maven | Developing Web Applications
• Getting Started with Maven | Developing and Using Your Own Libraries
• Getting Started with Maven | Using Databases
• Getting Started with Maven | Other Topics

IntelliJ IDEA

• IntelliJ IDEA Quick Guide

Eclipse

• Eclipse | Plug-in | java2html - Plugin for Converting Java Code to HTML
• Eclipse | Plug-in | Tomcat Plugin
• Eclipse | Plug-in | AnyEdit

Visual Studio Code

• Visual Studio Code Quick Guide
• How to Automatically Format Code and Configure Indentation Width in Visual Studio Code
• Comparing Two Files and Highlighting Differences in Visual Studio Code
• Run VSCode from the macOS Terminal

Makefile

A Makefile is a text file that describes procedures executed by make, a common build tool on UNIX-like operating systems.