When developing application software for deployment in an environment supported by OIT, the tools listed on this page should be considered as the preferred development tools. There are, of course, instances where tools not listed here should be used. In these cases you should notify your supervisor or the OIT director responsible for the development effort before beginning work.
All new applications developed should be Web-based.
Language-Independent Tools
Development Environment
Databases
- Microsoft SQLServer
- MySQL
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 7 - default desktop
- Windows or Solaris - all central and shared server software
- Other Operating Systems - by exception
Development Tools
Editing
Dreamweaver - HTML editor
Database Connectivity
SQuirreL SQL Client
Authentication and Authorization
User authentication
WebAuth - A mechanism used to establish single sign-on for Web applications
LDAP - Kerberos Authentication
Kuali Identity Management (KIM) User-, Group-, and Role- based access control
User authorization
SAMS - Security Access Maintenance System
LDAP - Light Weight Directory Service.
Project Management
Project planning
Atlassian's JIRA for project, task, timesheet, and bug/issue tracking
Atlassian's Confluence for project documentation
Documentation
Models - Process, Data, Object Models
Visio
ERwin
Charts - Hierarchical or organization charts
Visio
Charts - Gantt Chart
Visio
Microsoft Project
Presentations
Microsoft PowerPoint
Documentation in HTML
Microsoft Word
Dreamweaver
Quality Assurance and Capacity Planning
Load test
jMeter - A tool for programmers
Version control
Subversion
Browser compatibility testing
WebTest Lab
Middleware
Message Queue - ActiveMQ
ServiceMix 4 - allows integration architects to exploit the value of messaging without writing code
JAVA Development Tools
Development Environment
Programming
Java, J2EE (JSP, Spring, Hibernate, JDBC)
XML and SOAP
Use HTML and JavaScript for GUI development
Web Server
Apache Web Server - a free web server from Apache Software Foundation
Application Server
Tomcat - a project under the direction of Apache Software Foundation. This works in conjunction with Apache Web server
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7 - default desktop
Windows/ Solaris - all central and shared server software
Other Operating Systems - by exception
Development Tools
Editing
jEdit - Multi-purpose editor for Java and JSP
Eclipse - Java editor
Dreamweaver - HTML editor
Database Connectivity
SQuirreL SQL Client
Quality Assurance and Capacity Planning
Unit testing Java and JSP code
Parasoft JTest - a test tool that will run and examine your Java code
FindBugs
Load test
jMeter - A tool for programmers
Version control
Subversion
Quality Control
Copy/Paste Detector (CPD) - find duplicate code
PMD - scans Java source code and looks for potential problems
Reporting
Jasper Report - Business Intelligence, Reporting and ETL tool
.NET 4.0 Development Tools
Development Environment
Databases
Microsoft SQLServer
MySQL
Web Server
Microsoft IIS
Application Server
Microsoft IIS
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7 - default desktop
Windows/ Solaris - all central and shared server software
Other Operating Systems - by exception
Development Tools
Editing
Microsoft Visual Studio, Textpad
Dreamweaver - HTML editor
Database Connectivity
SQL native client that is part of the SQL server
Quality Assurance and Capacity Planning
Unit testing
NUnit
Load test
.NET load testing
Version control
Subversion, Microsoft's Team Foundation Server or Visual Source Safe
Reporting
Crystal Reports Server
Middleware
MSN Queue
For more information refer to the Project Development (for Technology Professionals) menu.