Software Development

This chapter gives an introduction to UNIX software development tools in common use at Fermilab, providing information on:

Supported languages
Compiling and linking in C, C++ and FORTRAN
Debugging

We do not include a discussion of general programming here, but rather, aspects of software development particular to UNIX. You will need to reference the man pages and the vendors' manuals for more system-specific details.

Useful documents relating to FORTRAN, C, and C++ programming can be found under Software Development on the UNIX Resources Web page.

Many software development subjects of interest to Fermilab users are beyond the scope of this manual. Among them are:

Object Oriented programming techniques including NextStep
CASE tools
Neural Network methods
Lattice Gauge techniques used in ACP-MAPS, CANOPY, et.al.
Data Mining methods available in the CAP facility.
Many excellent commercial tools for building Graphics User Interfaces, debugging, migrating and analyzing performance of user code, building Database interfaces, etc.