Toolchain

The set of tools you need for software dev in CS56

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:

• Java 11 (the javac and java commands, plus others that come with the OpenJDK 11 Java Deveopment Kit)
• Maven (the mvn command)
• Git (the git command)
• An editor or IDE (vim, emacs, VS Code, IntelliJ, etc.)

Also may be useful:

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