PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

I program in C++, Java and Ada95.

I script with UNIX shells.

INFORMATION SHARING TOOL

Unfortunelty, we cannot use Wikis on a large scale to share information.

A top-down decision says the corporate choice is the QuickPlace, which we happen to dislikeafter giving them a try.

Therefore, we locally use lightweight Wikis, such as the one delivered with FitNesse.

BUILD TOOL

The automated build scripts are written in shell-script and Ant.

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION TOOL

We use CruiseControl to automatically run build scripts upon detection of modifications in the repository.

TESTING TOOL

Thank God, we use free testing frameworks!
We test with Aunit when programming in Ada95 and CxxTest for C++ applications.

At home, I use JUnit for my Java developments.

ISSUE TRACKING TOOL

We track bugs and issues with ClearQuest.

ClearQuest is meant to be coupled to ClearCase, which is a nice feature as version control and issue tracking are such interlinked practices.

Unfortunetly, we use the pair uncoupled!

This is one of these cases when big corporate top-down decisions just don't help ...

Therefore, we violate the "Don't Repeat Yourself" practice as we identify issues and the impacted code in the ClearQuest. Samewise, we identify the impacted code in ClearCase using activities named as the reference of the issue to solve.

VERSION CONTROL TOOL

Our version control tool is ClearCase, with the UCM extension.

BUILD VS BUY VS DOWNWLOAD

After a long legacy of "Build it", my company is now into "Buy it".

It's a real pity, as the best tools are actually free to download thanks to great open-source pojects!