Software Tools Overview

1. Mobile Website Development
Software Tools Overview
Facilitated by:
Michael Wakahe
Tawi Commercial
Services Ltd
Jul 2011

2. Table of Contents
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 Firefox 4
 Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
 Tomcat 7
 Ant 1.7
 MySQL 5
 Gimp

3. Firefox 4
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 Free and open source web browser
 Descended from the Mozilla Application Suite
 Second most widely used browser
 Runs on various operating systems

4. Firefox 4
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 Firefox 4 released in March 2011
 Has various add-ons that can assist in mobile
web development
 Add-ons are developed by third parties

5. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 A multi-language software development
environment
 Comprises of an integrated development
environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in
system.

6. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 Written mostly in Java & can be used to
develop applications in Java
 Released under the terms of the Eclipse Public
License
 Is free and open source software

7. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 Highly favoured in industry
 Many other software IDEs based on Eclipse
e.g. Aptana

8. Apache Tomcat 7
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 An open source servlet container
 Implements the Java Servlet and the
JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications
 Should not be confused with the Apache web
server

9. Apache Tomcat 7
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Is a reference implementation
 Other servlet containers include JBoss,
Weblogic, Websphere, Glassfish
 Will deploy mobile websites on it

10. Apache Tomcat 7
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Is a reference implementation
 Other servlet containers include JBoss,
Weblogic, Websphere, Glassfish
 Will deploy mobile websites on it

11. Apache Ant 1.7
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 For automating software build processes
 Successor of the Make, implemented in Java
 Uses XML to describe the build process and its
dependencies,
 Is open source software

12. MySQL 5
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 Is a relational database management system
(RDBMS)
 Runs as a server
 SQL = Structured Query Language
 Is free and open source, has commercial
version

13. MySQL 5
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Very popular for rapid development e.g. LAMP
 Has command line tools and GUI tools, some
from 3rd party

14. Gimp
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 GNU Image Manipulation Program
 Free software raster graphics editor
 Can accomplish essential image editing tasks
such as resizing, editing & cropping photos

15. The End
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