Solaris Software Developer Information Center

This page contains links to books, articles, tutorials, training, and other information about developing software on the Solaris^TM operating system.

Getting Started

Application Programming

Sun Studio
Sun Studio Information Center
Sun Studio collections on docs.sun.com
Sun Studio on the Sun Developer Network
Sun Studio Documentation Center on sun.com/documentation
Java
Java.sun.com on the Sun Developer Network
Developing Java Applications on the Solaris OS
JDK for Solaris Developer’s Guide
JavaHelp System on the Sun Developer Network
NetBeans
NetBeans documentation web site
NetBeans wiki site

More Solaris Software Developer Tools

Device Drivers

Assembly Programming

Debugging

dbx
Sun Studio 12: Debugging a Program With dbx
MDB
Solaris Modular Debugger Guide, including kmdb
MDB Cheatsheet (PDF) on the OpenSolaris web site

Performance Tuning

DTrace
Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide
How to Add DTrace Probes to an Application
DTrace Quick Reference Guide
How to Use the NetBeans DTrace GUI Plug-in
Using DTrace from a Solaris 10 System How To Guide
DTrace BigAdmin System Administration Portal
Sun Studio
Using DTrace with Sun Studio Tools to Understand, Analyze, Debug, and Enhance Complex Applications
How to Use the DLight Tool on a Sun Studio Project
Sun Studio 12: Performance Analyzer
Sun Performance Library User's Guide
Sun Studio 12: Thread Analyzer User’s Guide
Multithreading
Making Sense of Parallel Programming Terms
Multithreading Strategies With Sun Products and Technologies
Multithreaded Programming Guide
Debugging Multithreaded Programs
High Performance Computing
Sun HPC ClusterTools product web site
Sun HPC ClusterTools on docs.sun.com

Additional Resources