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War of the Tools: Most Popular Developer Tools for Java


Software development is much like a refined art or craft. You need the right tools to create your masterpiece. As any dedicated Java programmer worth his beans will tell you: It’s all about picking the ‘appropriate’ tools.

Appropriate being the operative word here. Because a quick search will reveal that there are several tools that make the top 10 list for Java development. But these are popular choices and not necessarily the ones that are right for you. So how do you decide? One way of deciding this is to identify your concerns for every phase of the development cycle and narrow down on the tools that make your life easier. These tools can certainly help in writing richer, error-free code, providing the much-needed support for coding and development.

To begin with, you will need a Java Development Kit (JDK) supported by the following:


1. Eclipse:

Open-source integrated development environment (IDE). Eclipse is famous for its large developer community and vast choice of plugins. While it helps with code completion, refactoring and syntax checking, one of the great advantages of Eclipse is that it allows developers to combine language support. For instance, it also provides a C/C++ and PHP IDE.


2. Gradle



Again an open source build tool, Gradle automates the building, testing, publishing, deployment, and more of software as well as generating static websites or documentation. It combines all that is good in ANT ™ and Maven. It is also the standard build tool for Android.

3. IntelliJ Idea:

Marketed as the most Intelligent Java IDE, IntelliJ certainly boosts innovation and productivity. It has features like ‘Smart Code Completion’ and ‘On-the-fly Code Analysis’; and also offers advanced support for web and mobile development. The .NET development framework allows you to execute safe and reliable shopping carts.
In fact, it beat Eclipse in a developer survey by a margin of 5% showing the rising popularity.

4. YourKit:

YourKit Java Profiler is a profiling tool that allows to generate CPU and Memory profiles of running applications with no noticeable overhead. YourKit provides on-demand profiling during both development and production, free embedding into production, and seamless IDE and application server integration.
5. JUnit:

Unit testing framework for Java. Helps with writing and running tests. What sets apart JUnit from the rest is that it provides repeatable, white box testing.
6. FindBugs:

FindBugs is a static code analysis tool that analyses the bytecode and detects a wide range of problems. It also classifies the gravity of the bug from scary, scariest to ‘of concern’. Available as a standalone GUI or a plugin. 100% availability is a pre-requisite – as your business has to be open for customers 24 hours a day and this can be achieved using appropriate topology.
The current version of FindBugs is 3.0.1. FindBugs requires JRE (or JDK) 1.7.0 or later to run but it can analyze programs compiled for any version of Java, from 1.0 to 1.8.

Get the FindBugs tool here: http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/

7. Mockito
A mock library that helps in the creation, verification, and stubbing of mocks. Mockito is used so that a dummy functionality can be added to a mock interface that can be used in unit testing.

View this tutorial to find out how to use this: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mockito/

8. Selenium:

Selenium automates the browsers and it is very useful to developers who use this along with testing frameworks for large scale application testing.

9. VisualVM:


JVM monitor. This all-in-one troubleshooting tool comes with the JDK. Download the latest version here: https://visualvm.github.io/

10. Jenkins:
This is a self-contained Java-based program ready to run out-of-the-box. Provides continuous integration services for software development. It is customizable with more than 600 plugins.

11. Clover:
Code coverage tool that runs in your IDE or continuous integration system and includes test optimization to make tests run faster and fail sooner.
What are your favorite tools? Any other that you would like to mention? Please share in the comments.

Posted on February 23rd, 2017

Why Use Cloud-Based Order Management System?



Order Management System or OMS is a great solution for retailers, e-commerce businesses to track the orders received from customers in real-time. OMS also tracks the customer information and warehouse inventory on hand, making it easy to manage the entire supply chain. Many enterprises use messy spreadsheets for managing their orders, but that is not the best practice you should follow. Should you buy an OMS product or develop your own OMS and outsource java development services? We will solve the dilemma by first figuring out how OMS fits into your operations.

First let’s answer the below questions:
  • Is your business creating orders based on the information received?
  • Are you notifying users about the orders being created?
  • Is there a warehouse managing your orders?
  • Are you generating documents with transaction data after the orders are executed?
  • Are you sharing the order documents to the accounting system?
Is your answer "Yes"? then OMS is a perfect fit for your business. Order management includes everything from organizing the orders your receive, stock movements, CRM, returns and refunds, billing and payments and order processing.

How different is order management compared to inventory management?

Not quite. OMS does overlap some aspects of inventory management - like tracking of enough stock for fulfilling the order, or tracking the movement of stock as orders are shipped. Both inventory & order management systems track and take charge of different parts of the supply chain workflow.
Inventory management is focused on the past orders, helping to forecast the future demand, sales trends, and order the right amount of inventory stock, making your inventory efficient. Order management is focused on organizing your real-time orders.

Should the OMS be offline or in the cloud?

The OMS helps with the fulfillment process mentioned above. You can easily track orders from customers, process and organize the fulfillment when a customer purchases something from you until it’s shipped off. It also manages vital information about your customers and sales teams. If your business is growing at rapid pace and requires flexibility and scalability then choosing cloud is a good option. Offline is used by small enterprises working in startup phase and trying to establish their brands in the market. Both cloud and offline are reliable systems to manage your orders. And they are far better than using spreadsheets or another manual system, helping you save time and correcting errors that could definitely be used for something that will grow your business instead of just maintain it!

Cloud Order Management System delivers following benefits:

  1. Helps in delivering efficient fulfillment process: As all the data is in one place, your fulfillment process will become more efficient with fewer delays. You will start to track better and achieve easy access to your orders and know their statuses.
  2. Be more organized: You will achieve organized sales orders, making the sales cycle shorter, and minimizing time to process order paperwork. The cloud OMS guarantees fewer errors from manual entry and saves time in sharing order status updates. You also get paid faster with an organized billing data that you can use to quickly make financial decisions.
  3. Improved tracking: Managing orders in the cloud means you can track orders in real-time, getting updated information and the knowledge of the current state of any of your orders at any time.

Rishabh Software’s mobile order management solution has organizations improve efficiency, reduce errors, and achieve faster supply chain process. Feel free to evaluate the solution. Have you tried any other OMS? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Posted on January 16th, 2017

Why Is Drupal Development Popular Among Government Agencies?

Drupal made a huge splash when it was chosen to redesign the White House website. Today, more than 150 government websites run on Drupal. Apart from just powering government websites in the U.S., it powers the government sites of countries like Australia, Albania, Zimbabwe, and more. This makes Drupal a proven content management system (CMS) that exquisitely meets the diverse requirements of the government organizations around the globe.

But what makes Drupal popular among so many government organizations? The reason is its flexibility. Drupal is widely known for building and managing very large websites. And governments prefer Drupal development due to its capability of managing a variety of projects. However, there are a number of other factors that make Drupal a choice of CMS among government organizations. So, read through the list below

4 Factors That Make Drupal a Preferred Choice For Government Sector:

1. Cost Effective: Drupal, being an open-source platform, minimizes the initial cost of building or re-building a website. It is often considered as the most cost-effective platform. The software is free to download, use and share. This is the biggest long-term benefit for governments as they can save a huge amount for licensing websites. In addition to that, Drupal is developed by a community of 630,000+ developers and comes with thousands of free modules and extensions. Also, the users contribute and maintain the platform continuously. So, governments do not have to worry about the outdated technology issues.

2. Innovation: As Drupal is community-driven by nature, it helps government agencies to innovate through collaboration. It is essential for government agencies to share the technologies and innovations across other government bodies as they can benefit from it. This also fits well with President Obama’s words, “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration." Perhaps, this could be one of the reasons why Drupal was chosen for re-building whitehouse.gov.

3. Security: This is another reason that makes government agencies jump onto Drupal bandwagon. Governments have recognized the superior security an open-source model can offer. With a community of more than thousand developers, the security gaps are quickly identified and remediated. It also provides other security methods like community and automated code review. This makes Drupal an obvious choice as website security is of utmost importance to any government organization.

4. Flexibility & Scalability: Drupal is highly flexible and scalable to fit into various projects. From government agencies to enterprises. Drupal can fulfill requirements of all. Name a feature you require and the Drupal community may have a module already. In case you don’t find it, you can develop and contribute it back to the community.

With all the above-listed reasons, Drupal seems to be an appealing solution for developing government websites. Since the launch of White House site, Drupal has made a special place in the government space for itself. It has also shared all the government projects on its community.

What other benefits do you think Drupal can offer for governments and enterprises? List your answers in the comments.


Posted on July 11th, 2016