List of Tools

This section give OS/2 developers a list of available tools: What they do, how to get them, and links to related stuff, like an EDM/2 article covering the issue. And not the least: The "Discussion" section of each entry allows to add personal comments, experiences and opinions. You can also view development tools classified by the programming language used.

Full Packages
This includes full development packages, containing elements like compiler(s), make tools, debuggers etc. The most important single tools from any package should be also entered in the appropriate sections below.

Integrated Developer's Environments (IDE)
GUI frameworks integrating all necessary development tools into one surface. Note: Most programmer's editors can also be configured to serve as simple IDEs

Source Code Generators
Facilities for automatically generating source code

Debugging Tools
Debugging tools, including debuggers, trace tools etc.

Code Interpreters
Interpreters for interpreted or scripting languages

Editors
Source code and special editors for development purposes.

This section has been moved, See: Category:Text editors

Make Tools
Tools for applying all kinds of actions (like: compiling, linking etc.) depending on rules and dependencies.

Generic library's and executables
Tools that are supplied as pre-compiled library's, either EXE or as DLL files and can therefore be used with any development tool.

Binary Code Generators (Compilers, Linkers etc.)
Tools for generating binary code (like intermediate *.obj files, executables, run time libraries, binary resources, compiled documentation like *.inf or *.hlp files) from source code. See also

Installers
Installation tools for distributing any software package.

Development Utilities
Development Tools / Libraries

Graphical User Interface Editors
Development Tools / Libraries

Databases
Note that this list does not include database libraries that allow you to build databases into your programs unless they are complete databases like SQLite, otherwise they are listed under libraries.

Monitoring
Monitoring Tools.

Macro Processors
Macro processors and pre-processors

Spreadsheets
This category has been moved, see: Category:Spreadsheets