Toolchain

What is a toolchain?

According to Wikipedia: “In software, a toolchain is a set of programming tools that is used to perform a complex software development task or to create a software product, which is typically another computer program or a set of related programs.”

The Toolchain we’ll use in CS56 includes:

General Tools:

• The VS Code editor
• git and GitHub

Backend Tools:

• Java 17 (the javac and java commands, plus others that come with the OpenJDK 17 Java Deveopment Kit)
• Maven (the mvn command)
• Git (the git command)
• Testing tools: JUnit, Jacoco, Pitest
• Swagger: documentation/testing/prototyping for backend RESTful APIs

Frontend Tools:

• npm (node pacakge manager)
• React
• Storybook: documentation/testing/prototyping for frontend components
• Testing tools: jest, Stryker-js

Database Tools:

• Postgres: SQL-based database
• H2: In memory SQL-based database for testing
• Liquibase: Database migrations
• MongoDB: NoSQL database

Also may be useful:

• Spring CLI (Downloaded from https://repo.spring.io/snapshot/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-cli

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