Each chapter includes a series of short articles about one particular tool - whether it is to build systems, version control, or other aspects of the development process - giving you the equivalent of 30 short reference books in one package. No matter which method you choose the development team, whether it's Agile, RUP, XP, Scrum, or one of the many others available, Java Power Tools provides practical techniques and tools to help you optimize the process. This book discusses key Java development problem areas and best practices, and focuses on open source tools that can help increase productivity in every area of the development cycle, including: Build tools including Ant and Maven 2 Version control tools like CVS and Subversion, the two most prominent open source tools Quality metrics tools that measure different aspects of code quality, including CheckStyle, PMD, FindBugs and Jupiter Technical documentation tools that can help you generate documentation good technical without spending a lot of effort has also written and take care Unit Testing tools including JUnit 4, TestNG, and the open source coverage tool Cobertura Integration, Load and Performance Testing to integrate performance tests into unit tests, load test your applications, and web services automatically test, Swing interfaces and web interfaces Issue management tools including Bugzilla and Trac Continuous Integration tools such as Continuum, Cruise Control, LuntBuild and Hudson If you're a Java developer, these tools can help improve your development practices, and make your life easier in the process.