Tools
Scooter comes with a set of tools to help development. All tools are located under tools/ directory.
To get a more detailed help on how to use a tool jar and some examples, just open a terminal and type the following command:
> java -jar tools/name_of_a_tool.jar -help
The following table is a summary of all tool jars.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| codestats.jar | This utility counts code lines. If file exensions are not specified, default extensions are: css, java, jsp, js, xml, html, htm, and properties. |
| console.jar | This utility provides a simple console utility where you can perform certain operations such as camelize, pluralize, singularize and titleize etc. |
| connection-test.jar | This utility tests database connection. |
| create.jar | This utility creates an application by customizing a few template files. |
| generate.jar | This utility generates code. It can generate controller, model or scaffold code. |
| generate-signon.jar | This utility generates signon code. It can generate a signon controller, login and logout views and a landing view after successful login. |
| server.jar | This utility starts an embedded Jetty web server for JDK1.5 or above. |