CSE 490c: Concepts and Tools for Software Development - Autumn 2004

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These are just some suggestions -- there is a lot more information out there on the web and in books, both easily obtained.

• Stanford's "Unix Programming Tools"
  • Basic information about gcc, make, gdb, emacs, and (generic) shell commands

• Basic shell commands:
  • 'man'
  • Linux in a Nutshell text
  • Bash Quick Reference card

• Shell scripting:
  • Advanced Shell Scripting Guide

• rcs - Revision Control System
  • man rcsintro is a concise overview that will let you use all the aspects of rcs typically needed.
  • Note that rcs is really a set of executables with different names:
    • ci - to checkin (move from the working directory to the repository) a file
    • co - to checkout (move from the repository to the working directory) a file
    • rcsdiff - to compare your working copy to the latest copy in the repository
    • rlog - to get information about the revisions that have been checked into the repository
    Information on all of these is available using man.
  • It's also often convenient to create a "symbolic link" named RCS, rather than an actual directory. You do that with the command
    • ln -s RCS
    man ln...

• make
  • GNU make Manual

• C++
  • C++ Language Reference from MSDN (Microsoft Software Developers Network). Covers the language, but also includes "Microsoft extensions".
  • cplusplus resources

• C++ Templates
  • From Mozilla's C++ portability guide:
        C++ portability rules.
            1. Don't use C++ templates.
            2. ...

• The Standard Template Library (STL)
  • C++ Programming HOW-TO. Chapter 17, although short, is a readable intro to the most important classes in the STL, except that its missing string and map. (The string class he describes is his own. Don't use it. Use the STL version.) Chapter 17 begins with references to other STL information.
  • Another STL intro. Easy to read. Missing map.
  • STL Programmer's Guide from SGI.
  • Standard C++ Library Reference from Microsoft Software Developers' Network (MSDN).

• flex
  • Flex, version 2.5

• GNU CommonC++
  • What is GNU CommonC++, documentation, and download.

• Web Robot Etiquette
  • A Standard for Robot Exclusion
  • Example robots.txt
  • The Web Robots FAQ...

• cvs
  • The official cvs website (www.cvshome.org). (One version of the online manual it contains is here.)
  • CVS Primer from your local ACM Chapter
  • An online"cheat sheet" that covers the most common commands.
  • Another online "cheat sheet". This one mentions the file cvswrappers, which is needed to properly checkin/out binary files.
  • A set of exercises that will lead you through the most important/common commands.

• gdb - GNU Source-Level Debugger
  • An online copy of the manual.
  • The gnu gdb project
  • A set of exercises that will lead you through the most important/common commands.