Tools we Use

Purpose of this page

This page is for listings and links to tools used by JA-SIG member institution developers, deployers, and administrators. Sometimes a link directly to the tool's web presence is sufficient. Often we make links to other Wiki pages which more fully explain the role and usage of the tool in our collaborative projects or to comment about how we use the tool for other work.

Technical work

IDE

Text editor

jEdit
vi

XML / XSLT

Stylus Studio
XML Cooktop
jEdit
oXygen runs stand alone or inside of Eclipse
XMLBuddy running inside of Eclipse

XSLT from Command Line

CSS

Mozilla Firefox with Web Developer Extension
Accessibility Toolbar for Internet Explorer (Also allows CSS Editing/Preview and HTML Validation)
TopStyle Lite

Online Validation Tools

Database

Documentation production

Profiling, Performance, and Threading

Visit the Yourkit page.

Visit the VisualGC page.

TDan

Source Code Management

Build Tools

Related work

Much of the work surrounding uPortal is not fully technical - documentation, communication, administration. This section is for tools for the meta-work that makes possible the technical work.

Tools