The Open Source Developer's Kit www.osdk.com

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The Open Source Developer's Kitwww.osdk.com

• Scott Wheeler
• Nortoc Inc.
• dwheeler_at_nortoc.com
• January 14, 2003

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Agenda

• OSDK Goals
• OSS Projects Tracked
• Demos /Examples

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OSDK Goals

• Provide developers with a means to effectively
  organize, review, learn and apply the vast amount
  of Open Source software available today.
• Prove that Open Source software can create an
  environment that is as complete and robust as
  commercial software alternatives.
• Assumptions Bias
• We assume that the following issues exist for the
  typical developer in larger, corporate
  environments and therefore much of the OSDK is
  biased on that perspective.
• Difficult to convince management that OSS
  solutions are a viable alternative to commercial
  software.
• Difficult to filter through all the OSS and find
  what you need.
• No roadmap to understand where each OSS project
  fits within the development process.
• No confidence that you have found all the OSS
  that addresses your needs.
• No means to judge the quality of the OSS.

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OSS Projects Organization

• Alphabetically
• Architecture (e.g. J2EE, .Net, etc..)
• Project Category (IDE, Database, XML,
  Connectivity, etc..)
• Development Life Cycle
• Inception/Discovery (Analysis)
• Elaboration (Design)
• Construction (Coding)
• Transition (Testing/Migration)
• Production (does anyone using RUP support apps?)

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Demos

• Apache
• Tomcat
• Eclipse
• Ant
• Threadworks

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Apachehttpd.apache.org

• Install
• Configure Directories
• Enable Proxy (for Tomcat)

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Tomcatjakarta.apache.org/tomcat

• Install
• Configure Directories

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Eclipsewww.eclipse.org

• Java based IDE
• Base for IBM's Websphere Studio
• Extensible
• Add new Editors
• Configure Views
• Build in support for CVS
• Refactoring

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ANTjakarta.apache.org/ant

• XML / Java Based Build tool (replacement for
  make)
• Extensible
• Quickly becoming a Defacto Standard

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Threadworkswww.dvt.com

• Java Threading Library
• Simplifies Threading
• Runs tasks asynchronously.
• Makes coordination between multiple tasks easy.
• Optionally generates completion events.
• Includes Scheduler that support time-based and
  custom dependencies.
• Includes tunables for server-side applications
  including enterprise beans, and CORBA services.
• Generates usage statistics to make performance
  problems easier to diagnose.
• Includes simple API that's easy to learn

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Summary

• Open Source solutions exist for every aspect of
  software development and deployment
• Open Source is being used by commercial software
  vendors
• The commercial software business model is
  changing.
• Organizations are realizing significant benefits
  in Open Source usage.

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Reference Sites

• Alphaworks.org
• apache.org
• freshmeat.net
• gnu.org
• opensource.org
• opensource.oreilly.com
• osdn.org
• sourceforge.com
• savannah.gnu.org
• slashdot.org

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Questions