Check 15 developer tools of Alibaba

From manual to automation , From repetition to innovation , In the course of technological evolution , With the development of developer tools .

Alibaba will accumulate its technology in various business scenarios , By open source 、 Open to the outside world in the form of cloud implementation or tools , This article will select some of Alibaba's developer tools , Hope to help developers improve development efficiency 、 Write code more elegantly .

Because developers are involved in many technical fields , I only know from my own field , The perspective of future developers is to check the tools that may be used at ordinary times . Each tool is described as follows ：

• Tool name and introduction • Use scenarios • Use the tutorial • Access method

One 、Java Online diagnostic tools Arthas

Arthas[1] Alibaba 2018 year 9 Open source of a month Java Online diagnostic tools .

Use scenarios of tools ：

• Where does this class come from jar Package loaded ？ Why do you report all kinds of related Exception？• Why didn't I change the code to ？ I didn't commit？ The branch is wrong ？• I can't get online when I have a problem debug, Can't we just add logs and redistribute them ？• There is a problem with the data processing of a user online , But online also can't debug, It can't be reproduced offline ！• Is there a global perspective to see the health of the system ？• Is there any way to monitor JVM The real-time running state of ？

Arthas Support JDK 6+, Support Linux/Mac/Windows, Use command line interaction mode , At the same time, it provides rich Tab Automatic completion function , Further facilitate problem location and diagnosis .

Use the tutorial ： Basic course ：https://alibaba.github.io/arthas/arthas-tutorials?language=cn&id=arthas-basics[2] Advanced tutorial ：https://alibaba.github.io/arthas/arthas-tutorials?language=cn&id=arthas-advanced[3]

Access method ：（ free ） Open source address ：https://github.com/alibaba/arthas[4]

Developer exchange group number ： 21965291（ Nail group ）

Two 、IDE plug-in unit Cloud Toolkit

Cloud Toolkit[5] Is a IDE plug-in unit , Can help developers develop more efficiently 、 test 、 Diagnose and deploy applications . adopt Cloud Toolkit, Developers can easily deploy local applications to any machine with one click （ Local or cloud ）, And built in Arthas The diagnosis 、 Efficient execution of terminal commands and SQL etc. .

Use scenarios of tools ：

• After each code modification , Is it going through packaging over and over again ？• stay Maven 、Git And other operation and maintenance scripts and tools are frequently switched ？• use SCP Tool upload ？ Use XShell or SecureCRT Login server ？ Replace deployment package ？ restart ？• Upload the file to the specified directory of the server , In all kinds of FTP、SCP Frequent switching between tools ？

Use the tutorial ：

•IntelliJ IDEA edition ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/98762.html[6]•Eclipse edition ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/29970.html[7]•PyCharm edition ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/112740.html[8]•Maven edition ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/108682.html[9]

Access method ：（ free ） Tools to address ：https://www.aliyun.com/product/cloudtoolkit[10]

Developer exchange group number ： 23341694（ Nail group ）

3、 ... and 、 Chaos experiment injection tool ChaosBlade

ChaosBlade[11] It follows the principle of chaos engineering experiment , Provide rich fault scenario implementation , Chaos engineering tools to help distributed systems improve fault tolerance and recoverability , It can realize the injection of underlying faults , Provides delay 、 abnormal 、 Returns a specific value 、 Modify parameter value 、 Repeat calls and try-catch Block exception and other exception scenarios .

Use scenarios of tools ：

• The fault tolerance of microservices is not easy to measure ？• Whether the container orchestration configuration is reasonable cannot be verified ？•PaaS There is no way to test layer robustness ？

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/chaosblade-io/chaosblade/wiki/ Novice guide  [12]

Access method ：（ free ） Open source address ：https://github.com/chaosblade-io/chaosblade/wiki/ Novice guide  [13]

Developer exchange group number ： 23177705（ Nail group ）

Four 、Java Code specification scanning plug-in

This plug-in is used to detect Java Where there are irregularities in the code , And give tips . The protocol plug-in uses kotlin Language development .

Use the tutorial ：IDEA Plug in use documentation ：https://github.com/alibaba/p3c/wiki/IDEA Plug in use documentation  [14]

Eclipse Plug in use documentation ：https://github.com/alibaba/p3c/wiki/Eclipse Plug in use documentation  [15]

Access method ：（ free ） Open source address ：https://github.com/alibaba/p3c[16]

5、 ... and 、 Use real-time monitoring tools ARMS

ARMS[17] Is a APM Class , Provide front end 、 application 、 Custom monitoring 3 Class monitoring options , It can quickly build real-time application performance and business monitoring capabilities .

Use scenarios of tools ：

• evening 10 Click to receive 37 Alarm messages , You can't do it ？• When we find problems , Customer / The business side has initiated a complaint ？• Hundreds of thousands of servers a month , But it can't guarantee the user experience ？

Use the tutorial ： Front end monitoring access ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/106086.html[18] Application monitoring access ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/63796.html[19] Custom monitoring ：https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/47474.html[20]

Access method ：（ charge ） Tools to address ：https://www.aliyun.com/product/arms[21]

Developer exchange group number ： 21914303（ Nail group ）

6、 ... and 、 Static open source site building tool Docsite

Docsite[22] A collection of official websites 、 file 、 Blog and community as one of the static open source site solutions , Easy to use 、 The quality of not letting go , Support at the same time react And static rendering 、PC End and mobile end 、 Support the internationalization of Chinese and English 、SEO、markdown file 、 Global site search 、 Custom site style 、 Page customization and other functions .

Use the tutorial ： https://docsite.js.org/zh-cn/docs/installation.html[23]

Access method ：（ free ） Project address ：https://github.com/txd-team/docsite[24]

7、 ... and 、Android Second level compiling scheme on the platform Freeline

Freeline[25] Make full use of cache files , Quickly compile and deploy code changes to the device in seconds , It effectively reduces the time-consuming of recompilation and installation in daily development .Freeline The quickest way to use it is to install it directly Android Studio plug-in unit .

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/alibaba/freeline/blob/master/README-zh.md[26]

Access method ：（ free ） Project address ：https://github.com/alibaba/freeline[27]

8、 ... and 、 Performance testing tools PTS

PTS Can simulate a large number of users to access the business scenario , The task is launched at any time , Free of construction and maintenance costs , Support JMeter Script to PTS Pressure measurement , Also supports native JMeter Engine pressure test .

Use the tutorial ： https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/70290.html[28]

Access method ：（ charge ） Tools to address ：https://www.aliyun.com/product/pts[29]

Nine 、 Cloud developer tools KT

KT It can be simplified in Kubernetes The complexity of joint debugging test , Improvement is based on Kubernetes R & D efficiency .

Use the tutorial ： https://yq.aliyun.com/articles/690519[30]

Access method ：（ free ） Tools to address ：https://yq.aliyun.com/download/3393[31]

Ten 、 Architecture visualization tools AHAS

AHAS[32] by K8s The container environment provides the function of architecture visualization , meanwhile , It has the functions of fault injection high availability evaluation and one key flow control degradation , It can improve application availability quickly and cheaply .

Use scenarios of tools ：

• In the process of service transformation , Want to know exactly the composition and interaction of resource instances , Realize the visualization of architecture ？• Want to introduce real failure scenarios and drill models ？• Low threshold access to flow control 、 Degraded function ？

Use the tutorial ： https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/90323.html[33]

Access method ：（ free ） Tools to address ：https://www.aliyun.com/product/ahas[34]

11、 ... and 、 Data processing tools EasyExcel

EasyExcel It's one for Java To analyze 、 Generate Excel Framework , It rewrites poi Yes 07 edition Excel Parsing , The original one 3M Of Excel use POI sax need 100M Left and right memory ,EasyExcel Can be reduced to KB Level , And the bigger excel There will be no memory overflow .03 Version depends on POI Of sax Pattern . In the upper layer, the encapsulation of model transformation is done , Make the user more simple and convenient .

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/alibaba/easyexcel/blob/master/quickstart.md[35]

Access method ：（ Open source ） https://github.com/alibaba/easyexcel[36]

Twelve 、iOS Class tools HandyJSON

HandyJSON Is a Swift In language JSON serialize / Deserialization Library .

With other popular Swift JSON Coop ,HandyJSON Is characterized by , It supports pure Swift class , It's easy to use . When it deserializes ( hold JSON Convert to Model) Does not require Model from NSObject Inherit ( Because it's not based on KVC Mechanism ), I don't ask you to do Model Define a Mapping function . As long as you define Model class , Declare that it is subject to HandyJSON agreement ,HandyJSON You can name each attribute as Key, from JSON The parsed value in the string .

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/alibaba/HandyJSON/blob/master/README_cn.md[37]

Access method ：（ Open source ） https://github.com/alibaba/HandyJSON[38]

13、 ... and 、 Cloud resources and application deployment tools EDAS Serverless

EDAS Serverless Based on a Kubernetes, For applications and microservices Serverless platform . Users do not need to manage and maintain clusters and servers , Through the mirror image 、WAR Bao He JAR package , Create native support quickly Kubernetes Container application for , Support at the same time Spring Cloud and Dubbo And so on .

Use the tutorial ： https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/102048.html[39]

Access method ：（ Free during the public test ） https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/97792.html[40]

fourteen 、 Database connection pool Druid

Druid yes Java Database connection pool under language , It can provide powerful monitoring and extension functions .

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/alibaba/druid/wiki/%E5%B8%B8%E8%A7%81%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98[41]

Access method ：（ Open source ） http://central.maven.org/maven2/com/alibaba/druid/[42]

15、 ... and 、Java Toolset Dragonwell

Alibaba Dragonwell It's inside Alibaba OpenJDK Customized version AJDK Open source version of , AJDK For online e-commerce , Finance , Logistics is optimized in combination with business scenarios , Running on a very large scale ,100,000+ Alibaba data center of server .Alibaba Dragonwell And Java SE Standard compatible , Currently only supported Linux/x86_64 platform .

Use the tutorial ： https://github.com/alibaba/dragonwell8/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B7%B4%E5%B7%B4Dragonwell8%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97[43]

Access method ：（ Open source ） https://github.com/alibaba/dragonwell8[44]