Transcript How to find stuff for your Project

How to find stuff for your
Project
“For a job well done, first you must sharpen your tools”
Omer F. Rana
Why?
• Undertake project in limited time
• Knowledge of tools essential prepare for future
• The “Re-invent the wheel” syndrome
• The “Re-invent the wheel” AND “I can
hack it” syndrome
• The “Re-invent the wheel” AND “don’t
know where to start” syndrome
What you should look for
• Program Development
– Use of existing libraries
– Use of other similar projects
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Writing Report
Program Documentation
Testing and Evaluation
Use this process to learn about “the
software development process”
Program Development
• Software development tools
– Compilers/Editors
– Integrated Development Environments
• Software debugging and evaluation
tools
– Debugging and program checkpointing
• Documentation tools
– Gantt/Pert chart, Documentation
Program Development Support
• Use favourite IDE - but test at
University
• Freeware / Shareware
• Talk to your colleagues, your
supervisor
• Read trade press - frequently scan
Web sites
• Good starting point - especially for
Java
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/User/O.F.Rana/project/
How do I look?
• Look for software categories in
Yahoo/Altavista
• Talk to your colleagues about
programming problems - often! “share experience”
• Visit the library and look at trade
press: IEEE Spectrum, IEE
Computing & Control, Dr Dobs Journal
Some Web sites
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http://www.tucows.com/
http://www.developer.com/
http://www.ddj.com/
http://www.byte.com/
http://www.jGuru.com/
http://www.javaworld.com/
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/