| Publisher | TechRepublic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 241.0KB PDF | Date added | 25 Nov 2005 |
| Topics | Methodology | ||
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This chapter excerpt from O'Reilly's Practical Development Environments describes the different parts of a development project and then introduces the main activities involved in software development and the corresponding tools that make up a development environment.
Building a development environment may not be a sexy topic to most people, but it's an essential one. Making the choices about tools, installing them, and then maintaining the tools that everyone else depends upon can prove vital to the project. This chapter excerpt from O'Reilly's Practical Development Environments describes the different parts of a development project and then introduces the main activities involved in software development and the corresponding tools that make up a development environment. The activities listed include:
- software configuration management (SCM)
- building software
- testing software
- tracking bugs
- writing documentation
- releasing products, and
- maintenance
Title: Practical Development Environments
Author: By Matthew B. Doar
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Chapter 2: Project Basics
ISBN: 0-596-00796-5; Copyright 2005
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