Setting up a new Java development shop

Question

I\'m setting up a Java development shop, currently just for myself as the only developer, but with hopes of needing to hire others as the business grows. Obviously I\'m hoping

Answer 1

For starters, SVN will be enough for you. Definitely get a bugtracker. JIRA is good but isn't free. Enforce a rule "No commits without a bugtrecker ticket". This way you will be able to track the development. Do a cruise control and run a build + unit tests after every checkin into the main branch. Bigger changes should be made on a separate branch and then merged into the main branch.

Invest in a good IDE (I recommend intelliJ IDEA) and a good profiler (I recommend JProfiler). They're not free, but they are definitely worth their price.