Resources

The following page lists references and recommendations which can be useful both in the project and theory part of this course.

Project Management

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project is probably the most widely used software tool for project planning. If you are interested, there is a limited opportunity to download MS Project for free. Please see the section MSDN Academic Alliance below for download.

UML Tools

Violet UML Editor

The free and simple tool Violet UML Editor is used in the laboratory exercises for drawing UML diagrams. The tool is simple to learn, but it has a number of limitations.

Microsoft Visio and UML

A more advanced alternative is to use Microsoft Visio together with the excellent Stencil and Template package. Using this tool, it is easier to extract nice pictures and the library covers the whole UML 2.0 specification. See section MSDN Academic Alliance for free download.

Development

Free book about Servlets and JavaServer Pages

A free online version of the book "Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages", second edition, by Marty Hall and Larry Brown is available on http://pdf.coreservlets.com/.

MySQL

It is now possible to use MySQL as the database within the project. Please take a look at the following page for more information.

Project Accounts

Here are some tips and tricks when using the project accounts.

MSDN Academic Alliance

Although Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project are commercial non free softwares, there is a limited possibility for students registered to courses at IDA to use the MSDN Academic Alliance for free. Please see this faq page for more information. Unfortunately, this page is only available in Swedish. However, here is a google translated version.

Page responsible: Kristian Sandahl
Last updated: 2011-12-02