This document provides an overview of software tools used for mobile website development including Firefox 4, Eclipse 3.6, Tomcat 7, Ant 1.7, MySQL 5, and Gimp. It describes each tool's purpose and functionality, such as Firefox 4 being a free web browser with add-ons to assist in development, Eclipse 3.6 being a Java integrated development environment, Tomcat 7 being an open source servlet container, Ant 1.7 automating software build processes, MySQL 5 being a relational database management system, and Gimp being a free image editing program.

1. Mobile Website Development
Software Tools Overview
Facilitated by:
Michael Wakahe
Tawi Commercial
Services Ltd
Jul 2011

2. Table of Contents
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 Firefox 4
 Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
 Tomcat 7
 Ant 1.7
 MySQL 5
 Gimp

3. Firefox 4
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 Free and open source web browser
 Descended from the Mozilla Application Suite
 Second most widely used browser
 Runs on various operating systems

4. Firefox 4
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 Firefox 4 released in March 2011
 Has various add-ons that can assist in mobile
web development
 Add-ons are developed by third parties

5. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 A multi-language software development
environment
 Comprises of an integrated development
environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in
system.

6. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 Written mostly in Java & can be used to
develop applications in Java
 Released under the terms of the Eclipse Public
License
 Is free and open source software

7. Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
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 Highly favoured in industry
 Many other software IDEs based on Eclipse
e.g. Aptana

8. Apache Tomcat 7
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 An open source servlet container
 Implements the Java Servlet and the
JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications
 Should not be confused with the Apache web
server

9. Apache Tomcat 7
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Is a reference implementation
 Other servlet containers include JBoss,
Weblogic, Websphere, Glassfish
 Will deploy mobile websites on it

10. Apache Tomcat 7
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Is a reference implementation
 Other servlet containers include JBoss,
Weblogic, Websphere, Glassfish
 Will deploy mobile websites on it

11. Apache Ant 1.7
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 For automating software build processes
 Successor of the Make, implemented in Java
 Uses XML to describe the build process and its
dependencies,
 Is open source software

12. MySQL 5
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 Is a relational database management system
(RDBMS)
 Runs as a server
 SQL = Structured Query Language
 Is free and open source, has commercial
version

13. MySQL 5
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 Runs on various operating systems
 Very popular for rapid development e.g. LAMP
 Has command line tools and GUI tools, some
from 3rd party

14. Gimp
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 GNU Image Manipulation Program
 Free software raster graphics editor
 Can accomplish essential image editing tasks
such as resizing, editing & cropping photos

15. The End
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