Developer Tools Guides

Monitoring & Observability

Open-source and commercial tools for metrics, logs, and distributed tracing.

Monitoring

Prometheus

Set up Prometheus metrics collection, exporters, alerting rules, and integration with Grafana dashboards.

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Visualisation

Grafana

Install and configure Grafana, connect data sources, and build real-time operational dashboards.

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Search & Logs

Elastic Stack

Deploy Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana for centralised log management and full-text search.

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SIEM

Splunk

Collect, index, and analyse machine data with Splunk for security monitoring and IT operations.

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Application Performance Monitoring

Commercial APM solutions for deep application-level visibility.

APM

Datadog

Instrument your apps with Datadog APM, set up dashboards, monitors, and distributed tracing.

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APM

New Relic

Configure New Relic agents, dashboards, and alerts for full-stack observability across your services.

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AI-Powered APM

Dynatrace

Deploy Dynatrace OneAgent for AI-powered full-stack monitoring, automatic root-cause analysis, and cloud observability.

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APM

AppDynamics

Set up AppDynamics agents for Java and microservices APM, business transaction monitoring, and alerting.

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Java Static Analysis

Tools to enforce code quality, find bugs, and maintain consistent style in Java projects.

Code Quality

SonarQube

Install SonarQube, configure quality gates, and integrate with Maven and CI pipelines for continuous inspection.

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Style

Checkstyle

Configure Checkstyle rules to enforce Java coding standards and integrate with Maven or Gradle builds.

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Bug Detection

PMD

Use PMD to detect common programming flaws, unused variables, and complexity issues in Java source code.

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Bug Detection

SpotBugs

Run SpotBugs to find potential bugs in Java bytecode — null-pointer dereferences, infinite loops, and more.

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Compiler Plugin

Error Prone

Add Google's Error Prone compiler plugin to catch common Java mistakes at compile time before they reach production.

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Overview

Static Analysis Overview

Compare all Java static analysis tools — SonarQube, Checkstyle, PMD, SpotBugs, and Error Prone — and choose the right stack.

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Infrastructure

AWS IaC Tools

Compare CloudFormation, CDK, and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code on AWS — choose the right tool for your team.

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Database Tools

Installation and administration guides for popular databases.

NoSQL

MongoDB

Install MongoDB on Linux, macOS, and Windows; configure replica sets, indexes, and authentication.

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