Oracle^® Solaris Software Developer Information Center

Getting Started

• Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Developer Documentation

• Solaris Software Developer Information Resources

Application Programming

• Oracle Solaris Studio

  Oracle Solaris Studio C, C++, Fortran Compilers and Tools

• Java

  Java.sun.com on the Sun Developer Network

  Developing Java Applications on the Solaris OS

  JDK for Solaris Developer’s Guide

  JavaHelp System

• NetBeans

  NetBeans documentation web site

  NetBeans wiki site

More Application Programming Tools

• Programming Interfaces Guide

• Linker and Libraries Guide

• Solaris 64-bit Developer’s Guide

• Oracle Solaris Security for Developers Guide

• SIP API Developer’s Guide

• Solaris DHCP Service Developer’s Guide

• ONC+ Developer’s Guide

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

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

• Solaris System Management Agent Developer’s Guide

• Application Packaging Developer’s Guide

Device Drivers

• Device Driver Tutorial

• Writing Device Drivers

• So You Wanna Write Solaris Device Drivers?

• Solaris on x86 Platforms 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

• Oracle Solaris Studio

  Sun Studio Technical Articles: Debugging

• MDB

  Oracle Solaris Modular Debugger Guide, including kmdb

  MDB Cheatsheet [PDF] on the OpenSolaris web site

Performance Tuning

• DTrace

  Oracle Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide

  DTrace User Guide

  How to Add DTrace Probes to an Application

  DTrace Quick Start Guide: Observing Native and Web Applications in Production

  DTrace Quick Reference Guide

  How to use Oracle Solaris DTrace from Oracle Solaris and OpenSolaris Systems [PDF]

  DTrace BigAdmin System Administration Portal

• Oracle Solaris Studio

  Performance Analyzer

  Sun Performance Library User’s Guide

  Thread Analyzer User’s Guide

• Multithreaded Programming

  Making Sense of Parallel Programming Terms

  Multithreaded Programming Guide

  OpenMP API User's Guide

  Multithreading Strategies With Sun Products and Technologies

  Debugging Multithreaded Programs

• High Performance Computing

  Oracle Message Passing Toolkit

More Oracle Solaris Software Developer Tools

• Solaris X Window System Developer’s Guide

• ToolTalk User’s Guide

• Solaris WBEM Developer’s Guide

Additional Resources

• Oracle Solaris product web site

• Sun Developer Network (SDN)

• Sun Microsystems Documentation

• SunSolve online support documents

• Sun Training

• Solaris Forums

• Solaris and Linux Development Tools forum

• OpenSolaris product web site

• OpenSolaris project web site