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Essential Tools For Application Development (Coursera)

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In Essential Tools, we will look at two important classes of tools for developers: Version Control Systems and Built Automation Tools. We will look why we use such tools, discuss common concepts for those categories of tools, and then look at a specific and common example of each: Apache® Subversion® for version control, and Apache® Maven™ for build automation.

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Course 3 of 4 in the Introduction to Application Development Specialization

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Version Control
This unit discusses the concept of Version Control, often referred to as Source Control. We then go into a fair amount of detail on one Version Control System, Apache® Subversion®.

WEEK 2
Build Automation Tools
This module discusses the history and purpose of Built Automation Tools. It then goes into some detail on one such tool, commonly used in the Java eco-system, especially with Spring-based projects, Apache® Maven™.

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