Software

The following software is or will soon be installed for you in the CS labs. All of it is either open source or otherwise freely available and runs on the three major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X). You are encouraged to install it on your home computer as well.

Team-oriented development

• Secure Shell (SSH)
• Concurrent Versions System (CVS) (we will use Eclipse as the client — please see below)
• How to access the course examples
• Using CVS in Eclipse
• Top Ten CVS Tips
• CVS Information
• Instant Messaging
• Email

Browser

• Mozilla Firefox or Safari

Java/J2EE

• Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE), version 5.0 or newer, 6.0 preferred (first item on page)
• Jakarta Tomcat servlet container, version 6.x

Eclipse and plugins

• Visit the Yoxos Eclipse distribution site and obtain a distribution based on Public Profiles > Loyola University Chicago > complete-javaee-cs442.
• If you are using a 64-bit version of Linux, you will need to get a 32-bit version of the JDK and use it to run Eclipse.
• More plugins may be added later on as needed.
• FAQ I unzipped Eclipse, but it won't start. Why?

Test-driven development (no installation necessary)

• HttpUnit web testing framework
• StrutsTestCase testing framework
• Cactus server-side testing framework
• JUnitPerf performance evaluation framework