Handbook of Open Source Tools

Introduction.- GCC compiler and basic UNIX, GNU/Linux utilities, including Makefiles and GDB.- Processor particularities for x86, x86_64, PowerPC, and SPARC, hardware monitors and timers, measurement counters.- Subversion/CVS for source code management: before we write code we should know how to manage it.- Boost and Boost Graph Library (BGL): since graph theory is an integral part of most system applications.- Pthread for multi-thread applications.- Google perftools and vlagrind.- ZLIB for compression, MD5 for hashing.- Lex/Yacc (ANTLR) for front-end processing: we develop several languages rapidly introducing key techniques in lexical processing and parsing.- LLVM for back-end code generation and virtual machine based optimization.- GNU Scientific Library (GSL), GNU multi-precision library (GMP), BLAS, ATLAS, TAUCS: mathematic functions and linear algebra.- Reduce computer algebra, AXIOM, ACL2 proof systems, GAP (group theory), nauty (graph isomorphism), BUDDY CUDD.- GNU GLPK, lp_solve linear solvers.- FFTW3 FFT solvers targeted for specific processors.- SWIG interface generator.- Doxygen for code annotation, LaTeX for code and product documentation, Graphviz (dot), GNUPLOT, asymptote, gd.- Boehm GC, libtcmalloc, ext::memory_pool.- CGAL Computational Geometry.- Berkeley db for persistent storage.- CV (computer vision), ANN (neural network simulation), CImg (image processing).- OpenGL for graphics.- Qt for GUI.- PostgreSQL.- CLIPS : Expert system software.- ACL2 proof system.- Conclusions.- Index.

From the reviews:"Both broad and informative enough to guide the reader who needs to know what tools might be available for particular application areas. ... Intended for students and practitioners in the sciences, humanities, and other digitally driven disciplines, the book is an excellent resource for people who want to leverage the power of open source tools. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals and two-year technical program students." (C. Vickery, Choice, Vol. 48 (9), May, 2011)"Open-source software is currently very popular. The term 'open-source software' refers to computer software with freely available source code. This handbook of open-source tools consists of 21 chapters. ... The book includes numerous tables, figures, and examples. Readers should appreciate the author's efforts to catalog open-source tools. ... In summary, this book will be a ... useful reference book ... ." (S. V. Nagaraj, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)

From the reviews:

"Both broad and informative enough to guide the reader who needs to know what tools might be available for particular application areas. ... Intended for students and practitioners in the sciences, humanities, and other digitally driven disciplines, the book is an excellent resource for people who want to leverage the power of open source tools. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals and two-year technical program students." (C. Vickery, Choice, Vol. 48 (9), May, 2011)

"Open-source software is currently very popular. The term 'open-source software' refers to computer software with freely available source code. This handbook of open-source tools consists of 21 chapters. ... The book includes numerous tables, figures, and examples. Readers should appreciate the author's efforts to catalog open-source tools. ... In summary, this book will be a ... useful reference book ... ." (S. V. Nagaraj, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)