Open Source Technology Stack for Java Projects

Open-Source tools for Java development have reached a maturity that often goes far beyond commercial tools. A lot of Java projects doing business applications can come along with Open-Source tools. Here is a list of my current favorites.

Development

• Eclipse - the Open-Source IDE
  
• CVS - the Open-Source revision control system
  
• Ant - the Java make
  
• JUnit - the unit test tool for Java
  
• Fitnesse - for acceptance tests
  
• Jemmy [desktop frontends]- testing Swing UIs
  
• HTTPUnit [web frontends] - testing Web UIs
  
• JMeter [server side code] - for load tests of server side code
  
• NoUnit - finding untested methods
  
• Integration-Guard - server side test execution before/after checkin in CVS
  
• DoxyGen - similar to JavaDoc but supports different output formats
  
• PMD - identifies problems and smells in Java code
  
• Eclipse Profiler Plugin - Profiler for Eclipse
  
• XDoclet - generates data from Java meta tags; used for Hibernate, JBoss and others

Libraries

• log4j - for logging (more powerful and widespread than the logging facilities of JDK 1.4
  
• Struts [web frontends] - framework for web applications
  
• Eclipse Plugin Model [client side code] - the Eclipse plugin model can be used without the Eclipse IDE to implement a client side component model for Java
  
• JFreeChart - generates business charts
  
• JFreeReport, JasperReports - printing from Java

Database

• mySQL, PostgreSQL, SapDB - Databases
  
• Hibernate - OR mapper with transparent persistence (requires XDoclet); if an existing database schema has to be used, Torque with its code generation approach may be more suitable

Application-Server

• Apache Web Server - if a lot of static web pages exist or non-Java application logic has to be executed at the server
  
• Jakarta Tomcat [web frontends] - if only a web interface is required
  
• JBoss [server side code and desktop frontends] - if a desktop interface is required and server side code is neccessary (I recommend to use XDoclet to generate most of the EJB stuff)
  
• MockEJB [server side code] - a local container for session beans; supports testing session beans and allows the execution of the system stand alone without an application server

Organization

• XPlanner - Managing and planning of stories
  
• JSPWiki - a simple Wiki web based on Java Server Pages
  
• Open-Office - for external documents and project tracking

Upcoming

There are promising tools which I haven't had the opportunity to use until now:

• Eclipse Rich-Client-Platform [desktop frontends] - an application frame for desktop applications
  
• iReport - GUI tool for JasperReports
  
• Maven - a build management tool
  
• Bugzilla - a bug tracking system

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