Computer Information Association

This is the home of JBuilder which is the development tool used by CS160 and CS161 courses.
We currently use JBuilder 7 on campus but the new JBuilder X personal edition is available for download for students and trial use.

Eclipse Project

This is an IDE primarily for Java as well with optional C and C++ support.
It is written in Java and runs on any Windows, Mac or Unix system with a Java JRE.

NetBeans

This is a Java IDE created as an open source project and is used as the basis for
Sun Microsystems SunOne studio. Features a very nice GUI development environment

JEdit

This is an programmers editing tool written in java that supports a wide range of languages such as Java, C, C++, x86 assembler, HTML, Perl, JSP and many others. It is not a complete IDE like Eclipse of JBuilder but it does offer a variety of optional "plugins" to support IDE functions like built in java compiling or highlighting lines containing syntax errors.

1 Gig Free Email

SpyMac

This site provide 1 gigabyte of free email and 100 meg of free web space. It allows both webmail and POP3 mail access to send and recieve mail.

Free Programs

7-zip

This is a handy tool for windows that not only extracts .zip format but also a variety of Unix and Linux formats as well including 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB.

Putty

This is an excellent free SSH and Telnet client and is very small but still has a wide range of
features. The program is under 400KB and need no installation, just run the executable.

TightVNC

This is a revison of the original VNC program from AT&T. It is open source and includes versions
for Windows, Linux, and a client only version.

UltraVNC

This is another revison of the original VNC program from AT&T. It is open source and is designed
for Windows to improve speed and features.

Mozilla

This is the open source browser originally created by Netscape and is the basis for Netscape 7.1
This is the full version with email and newsgroup support.

Mozilla Firefox

A lighter and faster version of Mozilla that is just the browser without email and newsgroup support.

Programming

CPlusPlus

This is a great reference for both C and C++ that offers reference to the standard C libraries as well as the new C++ IOStream libraries. It also includes a C++ tutorial that covers both C and C++ concepts.

HTML 4.01 Standard

This is a reference to the HTML 4.01 specification. This is a great resource for web authors.

Microsoft Developer Network

This is the Microsoft Developer Network for users of Visual C++, Visual Basic .Net ASP
and much more.

MSDN OpenGL API

This is an OpenGL API reference provided through the MSDN.

Sourceforge

This is a site containing thousands of opensource projects available for free download.

Database Information

Oracle

This is the leading database system company in the world.

MySQL

A very popular and fast opensource database system.

Postgres

Another opensource database that is built for feature completeness.

Firebird SQL

Yet another opensource database that branched from Interbase.
It is designed to be fast, feature complete and very portable.

Linux Websites

Redhat

This is the leading distrubution of Linux in the US

Suse

This is the most popular linux in europe.

Mandrake

A very easy to use distribution for desktops and workstations.

Knoppix

A linux distribution that runs entirely from CD and requires no installation or setup.
All hardware is auto-detected and configures when the CD boots.