Links

Maintenance and Refactoring:

• Martin Fowler's list of refactors
• Refactorings from Writing Efficient Programs
• Roedy Green, How to Write Unmaintainable Code (hilarious!)

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Unit testing: JUnit (Java), DbUnit zentest (Ruby), NUnit (.NET), JsUnit (JavaScript), others
• Unit test coverage:
  • Java: EclEmma, Cobertura, CoView (requires license), Hansel, NoUnit, others
  • Ruby: RCov
• System / UI testing: Selenium
• Code analysis (scans code for bugs): PMD, FindBugs
• Load testing: JMeter, The Grinder, curl-loader, DOTS, ab (Apache Benchmark), OpenSTA, others
• Logging: java.util.logging (Java), log4j (JSP), log4r (Ruby), NLog / .NET Logging Framework (.NET)
• Site monitoring (downloadable): CheckWebSite, ZABBIX, Spong Site monitoring (services): ExternalTest, SiteUpTime, DotCom-Monitor, Internet Vista, others
• Web compatibility: W3C HTML validator, W3C link checker
• Performance testing, optimization, profiling:
  • JavaScript: Firebug (GET THIS!), Venkman (old)
    • WebSiteOptimization: Optimizing JavaScript for Download Speed
    • WebSiteOptimization: Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed
    • DevWebPro: Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed
  • J2EE/JSP: AppPerfect DevTest4J, x.Link, YourKit (15-day trial), DevPartner (14-day trial), JProfiler (10-day trial)
  • Java: HPROF (profiling in Java VM), HPjmeter (interprets HPROF files), TPTP (Eclipse profiler plugin), JUnitPerf (JUnit performance tester)
  • Ruby: ruby-prof

IDEs and Languages:

• Eclipse
• Eclipse for Ruby on Rails: RDT (tutorial)
• Eclipse for web programming: Aptana, JSEclipse, JSEditor

Design:

• OO Design Principles
• Introduction to UML 2 sequence diagrams
• UML sequence diagrams and Eclipse (IBM)
  
• UML Tools: Violet (Marty version), ArgoUML, ESSModel, Rational Rose, Visual Paradigm
• Controller UML state diagram examples

Requirements:

• User Interface Hall of Shame
• Web Pages That Suck