From 8204e097a2caeb0d25cbcc8ef54da539eefc3925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: akullpp Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:53:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Added new formatting --- README.md | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e2a198..97b3d96 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Awesome Java -A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [awesome-python](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python). Topics which have no libraries as of yet are located in README.tmp! +A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [awesome-python](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python). - [Awesome Java](#awesome-java) - [Build Tool](#build-tool) @@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Tools which handle the buildcycle of an application* -* [Apache Ant](http://ant.apache.org/) - Procedural build configurations via XML files -* [Apache Buildr](http://buildr.apache.org/) - Perform builds using Ruby scripts -* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Declarative lifecycle and dependency managment which favors conventions -* [Gradle](http://www.gradle.org/) - Incremental builds which are programmed via Groovy -* [sbt](http://www.scala-sbt.org/) - Interactive build tool using Scala +* [Apache Ant](http://ant.apache.org/) - Procedural build configurations via XML files. +* [Apache Buildr](http://buildr.apache.org/) - Perform builds using Ruby scripts. +* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Declarative lifecycle and dependency managment which favors conventions. +* [Gradle](http://www.gradle.org/) - Incremental builds which are programmed via Groovy. +* [sbt](http://www.scala-sbt.org/) - Interactive build tool using Scala. ## Code Analysis *Tools that provide metrics and quality measurements of static code* -* [SonarQube](http://www.sonarqube.org/) - Inspection tool for code quality -* [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/) - Static analysis to find potential bugs +* [SonarQube](http://www.sonarqube.org/) - Inspection tool for code quality. +* [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/) - Static analysis to find potential bugs. * [Metrics](http://metrics.codahale.com/) ## Compiler-compiler @@ -72,46 +72,46 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Tools which support continuously building, testing and releasing applications* * [Hudson](http://jenkins-ci.org/) -* [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - Provides server-based CI services, often seen as the successor to Hudson +* [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - Provides server-based CI services, often seen as the successor to Hudson. ## Database Access *Everything which simplifies the access to the database* -* [DBeaver](http://dbeaver.jkiss.org/) - Graphical database manager -* [JDBI](http://jdbi.org/) - Simplification of JDBC -* [jOOQ](http://www.jooq.org/) - Generates typesafe code based on SQL schema -* [Liquibase](http://www.liquibase.org/) - Source control for your database -* [Spring JDBCTemplate](http://www.spring.io/) - Simplification of JDBC -* [MapDB](http://www.mapdb.org/) - Database engine with optimized datastructures +* [DBeaver](http://dbeaver.jkiss.org/) - Graphical database manager. +* [JDBI](http://jdbi.org/) - Simplification of JDBC. +* [jOOQ](http://www.jooq.org/) - Generates typesafe code based on SQL schema. +* [Liquibase](http://www.liquibase.org/) - Source control for your database. +* [Spring JDBCTemplate](http://www.spring.io/) - Simplification of JDBC. +* [MapDB](http://www.mapdb.org/) - Database engine with optimized datastructures. ## Date and Time *Libraries related to date and time.* -* [Java 8 SE: Date and Time API](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-date-time-2125367.html) - Incorporates Joda-Time -* [Joda-Time](http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/) - De facto standard date/time-library before Java 8 +* [Java 8 SE: Date and Time API](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-date-time-2125367.html) - Incorporates Joda-Time. +* [Joda-Time](http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/) - De facto standard date/time-library before Java 8. ## Dependency Injection *Libraries that help to realize the [Inversion Of Control](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control) paradigm* -* [Dagger](http://square.github.io/dagger/) - A compile-time injection framework without reflection, mainly for Android +* [Dagger](http://square.github.io/dagger/) - Compile-time injection framework without reflection, mainly for Android. * [Google Guice](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Guice) -* [Spring](http://spring.io/) - The Spring Context module provides DI -* [Weld](http://docs.jboss.org/weld/reference/latest/en-US/html_single/) - CDI reference implementation +* [Spring](http://spring.io/) - The Spring Context module provides DI. +* [Weld](http://docs.jboss.org/weld/reference/latest/en-US/html_single/) - CDI reference implementation. ## Development Tools -* [DCEVM](http://ssw.jku.at/dcevm/) - A modification of the JVM that allows unlimited redefinition of loaded classes at runtime -* [JRebel](http://zeroturnaround.com/software/jrebel/) - Instantly reloads code and configuration changes without redeploys +* [DCEVM](http://ssw.jku.at/dcevm/) - Modification of the JVM that allows unlimited redefinition of loaded classes at runtime. +* [JRebel](http://zeroturnaround.com/software/jrebel/) - Instantly reloads code and configuration changes without redeploys. ## Distributed Applications *Libraries and frameworks used to ease writing distributed and fault-tolerant applications* * [Akka](http://akka.io) - Toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and fault tolerant event-driven applications on the JVM. -* [JGroups](http://www.jgroups.org/) - Toolkit for reliable messaging and creating clusters whose nodes can send messages to each other -* [Apache ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - Coordination service +* [JGroups](http://www.jgroups.org/) - Toolkit for reliable messaging and creating clusters whose nodes can send messages to each other. +* [Apache ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - Coordination service. ## GUI @@ -123,17 +123,17 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Frameworks that support the development of games* -* [LWJGL](http://lwjgl.org/) - Robust framework that abstracts libraries like OpenGL/CL/AL -* [libGDX](http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/) Allround cross-plattform, high-level framework +* [LWJGL](http://lwjgl.org/) - Robust framework that abstracts libraries like OpenGL/CL/AL. +* [libGDX](http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/) - Allround cross-plattform, high-level framework. ## High Performance *Everything about high performance computation, from collections to specific libraries* -* [Trove](http://trove.starlight-systems.com/) - Primitive collections -* [HPPC](http://labs.carrotsearch.com/hppc.html) - Primitive collections -* [Disruptor](http://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/) - Inter-thread messaging library -* [Javalution](http://javolution.org/) - Library for real-time and embedded systems +* [Trove](http://trove.starlight-systems.com/) - Primitive collections. +* [HPPC](http://labs.carrotsearch.com/hppc.html) - Primitive collections. +* [Disruptor](http://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/) - Inter-thread messaging library. +* [Javalution](http://javolution.org/) - Library for real-time and embedded systems. ## IDE @@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Various implementations of the JVM/JDK* -* [HotSpot](http://openjdk.java.net/groups/hotspot/) - Official JVM +* [HotSpot](http://openjdk.java.net/groups/hotspot/) - Official JVM. * [IBM J9](https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/) -* [JDK 9](https://jdk9.java.net/) - Early access releases of JDK 9 -* [JRockit](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/jrockit/overview/index.html) - Originally developed by BEA, has a different kind of GC and is often used with WebLogic -* [OpenJDK](http://openjdk.java.net/) - Open source implementation +* [JDK 9](https://jdk9.java.net/) - Early access releases of JDK 9. +* [JRockit](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/jrockit/overview/index.html) - Originally developed by BEA, has a different kind of GC and is often used with WebLogic. +* [OpenJDK](http://openjdk.java.net/) - Open source implementation. ## JSON @@ -165,23 +165,23 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Libraries that log the behavior of an application* * [Apache Log4j](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/) -* [SLF4J](http://www.slf4j.org/) - An abstraction layer which is to be used with an implementation +* [SLF4J](http://www.slf4j.org/) - Abstraction layer which is to be used with an implementation. * [Logback](http://logback.qos.ch/) ## Machine Learning *Tools that allow to learn from data via a set of specific algorithms* -* [Apache Mahout](https://mahout.apache.org/) - Scalable algorithms focused on collaborative filtering, clustering and classification -* [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/) - Open-source data analytics cluster computing framework -* [Weka](http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) - Collection of algorithms for data mining tasks ranging from pre-processing to visualization +* [Apache Mahout](https://mahout.apache.org/) - Scalable algorithms focused on collaborative filtering, clustering and classification. +* [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/) - Open-source data analytics cluster computing framework. +* [Weka](http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) - Collection of algorithms for data mining tasks ranging from pre-processing to visualization. ## MapReduce *Libraries that provide access to the MapReduce model* -* [Apache Crunch](http://crunch.apache.org/) - Framework for simple MapReduce pipelines -* [Apache Hadoop](http://hadoop.apache.org/) - Open-source software framework for storage and large-scale processing of data-sets on clusters of commodity hardware +* [Apache Crunch](http://crunch.apache.org/) - Framework for simple MapReduce pipelines. +* [Apache Hadoop](http://hadoop.apache.org/) - Open-source software framework for storage and large-scale processing of data-sets on clusters of commodity hardware. ## Messaging @@ -190,21 +190,21 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ * [Apache ActiveMQ](http://activemq.apache.org/) * [JBoss HornetQ](http://hornetq.jboss.org/) * [Spring AMQP](http://projects.spring.io/spring-amqp/) -* [Spring Integration](http://projects.spring.io/spring-integration/) - Enterprise Service Bus +* [Spring Integration](http://projects.spring.io/spring-integration/) - Enterprise Service Bus. ## Miscellaneous *Everything else* -* [Jimfs](https://github.com/google/jimfs) - An in-memory file system -* [Lombok](http://projectlombok.org/) - Code-generator which aims to reduce the verbosity of Java +* [Jimfs](https://github.com/google/jimfs) - In-memory file system. +* [Lombok](http://projectlombok.org/) - Code-generator which aims to reduce the verbosity of Java. ## Natural Language Processing *Libraries that are specialized on processing text* -* [Apache OpenNLP](https://opennlp.apache.org/) Toolkit for common tasks like tokenization -* [LingPipe](http://alias-i.com/lingpipe/) - Toolkit for a variety of tasks ranging from POS tagging to sentiment analysis +* [Apache OpenNLP](https://opennlp.apache.org/) Toolkit for common tasks like tokenization. +* [LingPipe](http://alias-i.com/lingpipe/) - Toolkit for a variety of tasks ranging from POS tagging to sentiment analysis. * [Mallet](http://mallet.cs.umass.edu/) - Statistical natural language processing, document classification, clustering, topic modeling, etc. ## ORM @@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Everything that helps with the creation of PDF files* -* [Apache FOP](http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) - Creates PDF from XSL-FO -* [Apache PDFBox](http://pdfbox.apache.org/) - Toolbox for creating and manipulating PDF -* [JasperReports](http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-library) - Complex reporting engine -* [DynamicJasper](http://dynamicjasper.com/) - Simplifies JasperReports -* [DynamicReports](http://dynamicreports.org/) - Simplifies JasperReports -* [iText](http://itextpdf.com/) - Easy to use PDF library but for commercial products you need a license +* [Apache FOP](http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) - Creates PDF from XSL-FO. +* [Apache PDFBox](http://pdfbox.apache.org/) - Toolbox for creating and manipulating PDF. +* [JasperReports](http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-library) - Complex reporting engine. +* [DynamicJasper](http://dynamicjasper.com/) - Simplifies JasperReports. +* [DynamicReports](http://dynamicreports.org/) - Simplifies JasperReports. +* [iText](http://itextpdf.com/) - Easy to use PDF library but for commercial products you need a license. * [PDF Clown](http://www.stefanochizzolini.it/en/projects/clown/features.html) ## Permissions @@ -231,27 +231,27 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Libraries that handle role/rights with associated permissions* * [Apache Shiro](http://shiro.apache.org/) -* [Keycloak](http://keycloak.jboss.org/) - Integrated SSO and IDM for browser apps and RESTful web services -* [PicketLink](http://picketlink.org/) - PicketLink is an umbrella project for security and identity management for Java Applications +* [Keycloak](http://keycloak.jboss.org/) - Integrated SSO and IDM for browser apps and RESTful web services. +* [PicketLink](http://picketlink.org/) - PicketLink is an umbrella project for security and identity management for Java Applications. ## Science and Data Analysis *Libraries for scientific computing and analysis* -* [Colt](http://acs.lbl.gov/ACSSoftware/colt/) - High performance scientific and technical computing -* [JTransforms](https://sites.google.com/site/piotrwendykier/software/jtransforms) - Multithread FFT library -* [Mines JTK](http://inside.mines.edu/~dhale/jtk/) - Tools for digital signal processing, linear algebra, inversion, 2-D and 3-D graphics, and more -* [Parallel Colt](https://sites.google.com/site/piotrwendykier/software/parallelcolt) - Multithread high performance scientific and technical computing +* [Colt](http://acs.lbl.gov/ACSSoftware/colt/) - High performance scientific and technical computing. +* [JTransforms](https://sites.google.com/site/piotrwendykier/software/jtransforms) - Multithread FFT library. +* [Mines JTK](http://inside.mines.edu/~dhale/jtk/) - Tools for digital signal processing, linear algebra, inversion, 2-D and 3-D graphics, and more. +* [Parallel Colt](https://sites.google.com/site/piotrwendykier/software/parallelcolt) - Multithread high performance scientific and technical computing. ## Server *Servers which are specifically used to deploy applications* -* [GlassFish](https://glassfish.java.net/) - Open source reference implementation for Java EE sponsored by Oracle -* [WildFly](http://www.wildfly.org/) - Formerly known as JBoss and developed by Red Hat with extensive Java EE support -* [Jetty](http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/) - Lightweight, small server often embedded in projects. Part of the Eclipse Foundation -* [Apache Tomcat](http://tomcat.apache.org/) - Robust allround server for Servlet and JSP -* [Apache TomEE](http://tomee.apache.org/) - Tomcat plus Java EE +* [GlassFish](https://glassfish.java.net/) - Open source reference implementation for Java EE sponsored by Oracle. +* [WildFly](http://www.wildfly.org/) - Formerly known as JBoss and developed by Red Hat with extensive Java EE support. +* [Jetty](http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/) - Lightweight, small server often embedded in projects. Part of the Eclipse Foundation. +* [Apache Tomcat](http://tomcat.apache.org/) - Robust allround server for Servlet and JSP. +* [Apache TomEE](http://tomee.apache.org/) - Tomcat plus Java EE. ## Template Engine @@ -269,19 +269,19 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Tools that test from object to interface level including performance and other benchmarks* -* [Apache JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org/) - Functional testing and performance measurements +* [Apache JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org/) - Functional testing and performance measurements. * [Mockito](http://code.google.com/p/mockito/) * [Arquillian](http://arquillian.org/) -* [Selenium](http://docs.seleniumhq.org/) - Frontend testing +* [Selenium](http://docs.seleniumhq.org/) - Frontend testing. * [VisualVM](http://visualvm.java.net/) * [Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool](http://www.eclipse.org/mat/) -* [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/) - Framework for writing declarative assertion matchers -* [FEST](https://code.google.com/p/fest/) - Collection of testing libraries -* [AssertJ](http://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/) - Fluent assertions -* [Calipher](https://code.google.com/p/caliper/) - Microbenchmarking framework -* [JMH](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jmh/) - Microbenchmarking -* [TestNG](http://testng.org/) - Testing framework -* [JUnit](http://junit.org/) - Testing framework +* [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/) - Framework for writing declarative assertion matchers. +* [FEST](https://code.google.com/p/fest/) - Collection of testing libraries. +* [AssertJ](http://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/) - Fluent assertions. +* [Calipher](https://code.google.com/p/caliper/) - Microbenchmarking framework. +* [JMH](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jmh/) - Microbenchmarking. +* [TestNG](http://testng.org/) - Testing framework. +* [JUnit](http://junit.org/) - Testing framework. ## Utility @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ * [Apache Commons](http://commons.apache.org/) * [Google Guava](http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/) -* [JavaTuples](http://www.javatuples.org/) - Tuples for Java +* [JavaTuples](http://www.javatuples.org/) - Tuples for Java. ## Web Crawling @@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ *Frameworks specifically for creating RESTful services* -* [Dropwizard](https://dropwizard.github.io/dropwizard/) - Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications, includes Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics -* [Jersey](https://jersey.java.net/) - JAX-RS reference implementation -* [RESTEasy](http://resteasy.jboss.org/) - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification +* [Dropwizard](https://dropwizard.github.io/dropwizard/) - Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications, includes Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics. +* [Jersey](https://jersey.java.net/) - JAX-RS reference implementation. +* [RESTEasy](http://resteasy.jboss.org/) - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification. # Resources @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ ## Communities -* [r/java](http://www.reddit.com/r/java) - Subreddit for the Java community +* [r/java](http://www.reddit.com/r/java) - Subreddit for the Java community. ## Influental Books @@ -361,4 +361,4 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [ # Contributing -Contributions are very welcome, please have a look at [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/akullpp/awesome-java/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines. +Contributions are very welcome, please have a look at [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/akullpp/awesome-java/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines. Topics which have no libraries as of yet are located in [TOPICS](https://github.com/akullpp/awesome-java/blob/master/TOPICS.md).