Productivity Tools Ken Nguyen Department of Information Technology Clayton State University

Productivity Tools Software products that provides  Leverage the learning curve of programming  Ease of programming  Consistent formatting  Ease of packaging and for archiving and product deployment  Quick access to reference and cross-reference  Error checking  Debugging tools Applied Computing

Programming Generals Converts source from human readable form to machine readable codes Links machine codes with libraries Result is an application in executable format Applied Computing C/C++ compilation process

Integrated Development Environment Target a programming language (may have plug-ins for other language) Easy to manage large projects Compiler and linker built in Often include online syntax reference More user friendly than command line Applied Computing Microsoft Visual Studio (IDE)

Applied Computing Some popular IDEs Microsoft Visual Studio Apple Xcode Netbeans [Free] Eclipse [free]: IntelliLIDEA [free]: Komodo Edit [free]:

Applied Computing Source Control Versions and Revisions Allows  Track file changes over times  Collaboration between group members  Back up and restore  Sort term and long term undo  Track changes  Track ownerships  Sand-boxing  Branch and merge  More: visual-guide-to-version-control/

Applied Computing Some Version Control Tools Lingo: AccuRev SCM, Bazaar, CVS, Git, GNU arch, Monotone, Visual SourceSafe More: ion_control_software From: control/en/resources/image15.gif