Solaris Software Developer Information Center

Getting Started

• Introduction to the Solaris Developer Documentation

• Solaris Software Developer Information Resources

Application Programming

• Sun Studio
  Sun Studio Information Center
  Sun Studio 12 collections on docs.sun.com
  Sun Studio on the Sun Developer Network

• Java
  Java.sun.com on the Sun Developer Network
  Developing Java Applications on the Solaris OS
  JavaHelp System on the Sun Developer Network

• NetBeans
  NetBeans documentation web site
  NetBeans wiki site

More Solaris Software Developer Tools

• Application Packaging Developer’s Guide

• Linker and Libraries Guide

• ONC+ Developer’s Guide - distributed services for making remote procedure calls

• Programming Interfaces Guide

• SIP API Developer’s Guide

• Solaris 64-bit Developer’s Guide

• Solaris Containers: Resource Management and Solaris Zones Developer’s Guide

• Solaris DHCP Service Developer’s Guide

• Solaris Security for Developers Guide

• Solaris WBEM Developer’s Guide - Web-Based Enterprise Management

• Sun Cluster Data Services Developer’s Guide for Solaris OS

Device Drivers

• Device Driver Tutorial

• Writing Device Drivers

• Resources for Learning Device Driver Programming

• Solaris for x86 Device Support

• Assigning a New Device to an Existing Driver in the Solaris OS

Assembly Programming

• x86 Assembly Language Reference Manual

• SPARC Assembly Language Reference Manual

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
  How to Use DTrace from a Solaris 10 System
  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 Studio 12: 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
  Memory and Thread Placement Optimization Developer’s Guide
  Debugging Multithreaded Programs

• High Performance Computing
  Sun HPC ClusterTools product web site
  Sun HPC ClusterTools on docs.sun.com

Additional Resources

• Solaris Operating System product web site

• OpenSolaris Operating System product web site

• OpenSolaris Information Center

• OpenSolaris Operating System collections on docs.sun.com

• OpenSolaris Ignite newsletter

• The Observatory: A Closer Look at Using OpenSolaris blog

• Sun Learning eXchange (SLX)

• Sun Developer Network (SDN) web site

• Solaris Developer Center on the Sun Developer Network

• SunSolve online support documents

• Sun BluePrints Series

• Sun Training

• Solaris OS Developer Course List

• Solaris OS Forums

• Solaris and Linux Development Tools forum

• OpenSolaris.org open source project