The document discusses various Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools beneficial for developers, including programming languages, IDEs, design tools, version control systems, bug tracking systems, database management systems, and project management. It highlights specific FOSS tools such as Ruby for programming, Eclipse and NetBeans for IDEs, and various systems for bug tracking and version control. The document provides reference links related to open-source software development and tools.

1. FOSS tools for developers Sagara Gunathunga [email_address] http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ http://ssagara.blogspot.com/

2. Content FOSS programming languages FOSS IDEs design tools Version control systems Bug tracking systems Database management systems Package management Project management Hosting your project

3. FOSS programming languages Ruby

4. FOSS IDEs Eclipse JDT – for Java Eclipse CDT – for C/C++ Eclipse PDT – for PHP NetBeans also support for Java, C and PHP

5. FOSS design tools ArgoUML Umbrello UML

6. Version control systems is the management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files. CVS Concurrent version System

7. Bug tracking systems

8. Database management systems

9. Package management A package management system is a collection of tools to automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software packages from a computer

10. Project management

11. Hosting your project

12. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software http://www.blackducksoftware.com/oss/projects#languageos http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/computer-article-open-source.html

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