Tools

These are some of the lesser-known software tools that I have found useful.

Web

  • GTML

    Very lightweight HTML pre-processor written in Perl. Enables usual cpp-like stuff (include,if,ifdef,define etc.) and variable substitution. Used to generate these pages. Not really maintained anymore (last change in 1999) but it works fine.

  • weblint

    Fast HTML checker written in Perl. Don't publish any HTML pages unless they pass this check. Pity weblint is nolonger maintained but the latest development version does understand as far as HTML 4.0.

  • sitecopy

    Handle uploading of content (inteligently) to multiple websites. Completely dedicated for websites so no extraneous features (unless you count WebDAV support) to get in the way. Actively maintained.

Java

  • ant

    Java equivalent (sort-of) of make but much more buzz-word compliant.

  • junit

    Java unit testing framework - the original and still the best (free) system around. Also now available for other languages.


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