Development Tools

compactHTML is a configurable command-line tool for reducing the size of HTML, PHP etc text files. By removing extra white space, tabs etc you can get significant reductions in size. If pages are downloaded thousands of times then this reduction become even more important - saving on bandwidth while improving speed. Over 20% size reductions have been seen, average is between 10-18%.

WebSphere Technology for Developers is the first application server featuring Java� 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 compatibility. You can run J2EE 1.3 applications -- including applications from other vendors or applications you have built yourself -- that take advantage of JSP 1.2, Servlet 2.3 and EJB 2.0 specifications. You can also build new applications that implement the latest Web services APIs including SOAP and UDDI4J.

htmlPX, the HTML Programmer's Extension, is a HTML preprocessor that makes it easy to maintain websites. It allows you to maintain consistency across pages and make sitewide changes easily. Runs on any Java 1.1 platform.

JUDO is a Java IDE for Beginning Computer Programmers. An IDE is an Integrated Development Environment, or a program that makes it easy for you to write computer programs. JUDO is also an educational tool used to teach programming concepts and to spark excitement and interest in programming. JUDO is easy to use.

Bridge2Java is a tool that allows Java programs to communicate with ActiveX objects. It allows easy integration of ActiveX objects into a Java Environment. Using the Java Native Interface and COM technology, Bridge2Java allows an ActiveX object to be treated just like a Java object.

HeapInspector is a Java program which allows reference navigation of the Java heap. It supports back-tracing references in order to find gc roots which keep the reference from being garbage collected. Source code is available.

jOmniGate is an O/R-mapper for timespending and reusable development of databased applications without using sql or any database-specific language. By using jOmniGate-api your programs will run without any changes the same with MySql, Oracle, interbase and others. jOmniGate supports automatic table-creation and -update, automatic mapping between java-classes and db-tables and much more.

Smokescreen is a Java Class file obfuscator. It makes compiled Class files more difficult to decompile and understand by removing symbolic names and optional information, as well as changing the byte code in the Class files.

IntelliJ IDEA is an intelligent and ergonomic Java development environment, delivering dozens of new usability features and concepts, not found in other products. It proves that the routine process of coding can be made pleasurable and very efficient at the same time. Among the standard features of a modern IDE like syntax highlighting, simple code completion, integrated compiler and visual debugger, IntelliJ IDEA offers a wide range of productivity features like: Highlighting of unimported class usages and easy insertion of required import statements, "Introduce Variable" code refactoring, Global usage search of any code element, Advanced code completion (3 types), Navigation to a class' source by its short name, Navigation to a super method, element's type and declaration, Auto-indentation of pasted text, Insertion of necessary import statements when copying code fragments between different files, Navigation to the source from exception stack traces while running/debugging, Renaming/moving of packages, classes, methods, fields, method parameters and local variables with reference correction, and more.

JOODA is an intergreted development environment for Java, written in Java. With a look & feel inspired by the renowned Smalltalk-IDE Envy/Developer,class based code browser, and on-the-fly code execution, JOODA is designed for object-oriented development from the ground up. Features include: Syntax highlighting, On-the-fly code execution, Multi-language support (currently only German and English), Cross-platform (Win98 & Linux currently tested), Both file- and class-based editing, Project management features.