Andy Turner's Software Web Page @ School of Geography, University of Leeds

Introduction
- Information about software.
- Contents
Software Development
- My Software
  - Most of the software I develop is based on the Java language.
  - Most is available via:
    - Andy Turner's Open Source Software Web Page
    - https://www.e-researchcommunity.org/repos/sim/
  - I aim to:
    - Open source all the software I develop:
      - My preferred open source licenses are minimally restrictive.
    - Develop software that implements appropriate standards
      - Standards are important in software development!
      - There are standards for many things.
      - Ideally there are compliance tests that can be readily applied to software so that it can be shown what standards they implement (intentionally or unintentionally).
    - Develop source code that is well documented, written according to 'best practice', and easily maintained.
      - The plan is to gradually move more code to evolve in open development
        
        Open development really requires a user community and good management:
        
        It requires significantly less management and maintainance if there are good test cases for every method and procedure.
  - Please help by feeding back, especially by letting me know about any of My Software you use and how.
- Software Repositories and Development Communities
  - Much software is developed using repositories and a community of developers.
  - Some collectives:
    - OMII UK.
    - http://www.java.net/
    - Codehaus
      - Open source project repository with a strong emphasis on Java, focussed on quality components that meet real world needs.
    - Sourceforge
      - Development and download repository of Open Source code and applications.
    - JavaForge
      - Project hosting for open source Java projects.
    - http://kenai.com/
    - http://jscience.org/
Software Usage
- I have a general preference for Java related Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
- FOSS:
  - IDE/project management/repository
    - Netbeans
    - Eclipse
    - Maven
    - Subversion
    - Mercurial
    - Git
  - Portals
    - GridSphere and P-GRADE
      - Used in:
        
        MoSeS
    - Sakai
      - Collaboration and Learning Environment for Education.
      - Used in:
        
        NeISS
        
        GENESIS
        
        NCeSS e-Infrastructure for the Social Sciences Project
        
        MoSeS
    - Liferay
      - Used in:
        
        NeISS
        
        GENESIS
    - Open Portal
      - Used in:
        
        NeISS
  - Other Grid Middleware
    - Virtual File System
      - SRB
      - commons-vfs-grid
    - MPJ Express (MPJE)
      - A Java messaging system based on the MPI standard.
      - Primarily developed by Aamir Shafi, Portsmouth Distributed Systems Group and Reading Centre for Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies.
      - Used in:
        
        MoSeS
  - Geospatial:
    - OSGeo
      - The Open Source Geospatial Foundation...
        
        Created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software with a goal to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.
    - http://www.freegis.org/
    - General/multifunctional
      - Deegree
      - GeoTools
        
        http://www.citeulike.org/group/9502/article/2617062
        
        Key dependencies
        
        JAI-ImageIO
        
        JAI-Core
        
        Java Topology Suite (JTS)
      - GeoToolkit (Geotk)
      - GeoServer
        
        GeoServer blog
      - GRASS GIS
      - uDIG
      - GMT
      - OpenLayers
      - SEXTANTE
      - NASA World Wind
        
        http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/java/demos/
    - Specific
      - Cluster
        
        Source Code
      - Cartogram/GeoVisualisation
        
        http://mapresso.com/
        
        ScapeToad
  - Miscellanea
    - Jakarta Commons Math
      - Java library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common problems not available in the Java programming language or Commons Lang.
      - Used in:
        
        MoSeS
    - JFreeChart
      - Java chart library that makes it easy for developers to display professional quality charts in their applications.
      - Used in:
        
        MoSeS
- Proprietary Software:
  - ...
  - ESRI GIS software.
    - ArcGIS
    - ArcInfo
    - ArcView
References
- Andy Turner's Home Page.
- Andy Turner's Open Source Software Page.

Andy Turner's Software Web Page

Introduction

Software Development

Software Usage

References

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