Tools used

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The tools that are used in the project are listed bellow along with reference documentation to get started. Explaining the actual tools is outside the scope of the project.

Git

Currently git is the DSCM of choice, and all the work is hosted in Github. In order to start working with git, some good beginners references are.

• http://blogs.sitepoint.com/version-control-git/
• http://book.git-scm.com/

And a very good video on how to get setup

• http://peepcode.com/products/git

If you are a windows user the following links will help you decide on the best tool to use for the project.

• http://kylecordes.com/2010/git-gui-client-windows

Java

The project is implemetned using the Java Platform version 6. ( A migration to openJdk and version 7 is iminent based on the timeplan of this project)

You can find a plethora of information on the internet, but you can begin here

Spring

We use Srping accross the project for IoC, the benefits of which are beyond the scope of this documentation.

Right now we are using version 3.0.x, and a must read for anything Spring specifics is

The Reference Documentation

Maven

We use maven to build and deploy the project. A good source of reference is

Maven The Complete Reference

Our project is a setup as a multi-module project having eu.alert-project.iccs.startdom.core as the root of the project.