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=== eBooks / Guides ===
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dmjones/cbook1_0a.pdf <i> The New C Standard - An Economic and Cultural Commentary</i> ] ; Jones, Derek M; 2005 (PDF - [http://www.overclockers.com.au/files/cbook1_0a.pdf mirrored at OCAU])

=== C / C++ ===
*[http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/ Anjuta] (C/C++ IDE for POSIX OS's (Linux, BSD, etc))
*[http://bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html Bloodshed Dev-C++] (C/C++ IDE for MINGW on Windows)
*[http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html# Borland C++ 5.5 Compiler Pack] (BCC - Borland C/C++ compiler without GUI IDE, only command line) 
*[http://www.codeblocks.org/ Code::Blocks] (open source, cross platform C++ IDE)
*[http://www.cygwin.com/ Cygwin] (Linux-like environment for Windows. Includes Linux-emulation layer, GCC compiler suite and common Linux command-line tools. Allows compilation and running of Linux programs under Windows)
*[http://www.digitalmars.com/d/index.html D language] (D is a compiled language with roots in C++ and influences from newer languages like Java and C# (see [http://www.digitalmars.com/d/comparison.html D/C/C++/C#/Java feature comparison])) 
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ Visual C++ Express Edition] (Microsoft's cut-down edition of the c++ part Visual Studio 2005 released for free.)
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 ToolKit]  (requires [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdkintro/sdkintro/devdoc_platform_software_development_kit_start_page.asp/ Platform SDK], installation howto [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdkintro/sdkintro/installing_the_platform_sdk_with_visual_studio.asp/ here])
*[http://www.mingw.org/ MINGW] (Port of GCC compiler suite together with headers and runtime which allow compilation of Linux programs under Windows which do not rely on 3rd party DLLs (cygwin))
*[http://www.fifsoft.com/relo/ Relo]  (C/C++ IDE - MingW32 & Borland specific)
*[http://upp.sourceforge.net/ Ultimate++] cross platform RAD suite

=== Java / C# ===
*[http://www.bluej.org BlueJ]  (an educationally-oriented basic Java editor)
*[http://drjava.org/ DrJava] (lightweight development environment for writing Java programs) 
*[http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/ GNU Classpath] (free replacement for Sun's proprietary core Java class libraries)
*[http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Groovy] (a Java 2 Platform based language that extends standard Java with features found in Ruby, Python or Smalltalk)
*[http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ ic#code]  (Open source environment for C# & VB.NET development)
*[http://www.jcreator.com/index.htm/ jCreator LE]  (Java IDE/Editor - free edition download [http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm/ here] )
*[http://jedit.sourceforge.net/ jEdit]  (plugins [http://plugins.jedit.org/ here] )
*[http://www.jgrasp.org/index.html/ jGRASP] (development environment created specifically to provide automatic generation of software visualizations)
*[http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page Mono] (Open Source .NET toolchain and runtime implementation for multiple platforms)
*[http://java.sun.com/ Sun Java]  (development language & runtime environment)
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/ Visual C# Express Edition] (Free cut-down version of Visual Studio 2005 for C# Development.)
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualj/ Visual J# Express Edition] (Free cut-down version of Visual Studio 2005 for J# Development.)

=== Pascal ===
*[http://www.freepascal.org/ Free Pascal] (Portable, fast, self-compiling Pascal compliler)
*[http://www.gnu-pascal.de/gpc/h-index.html GNU Pascal] (GPC is a highly portable, standard-compliant Pascal based on [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC])
*[http://www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html Dev-Pascal] (Pascal IDE for Windows)

=== PERL ===
*[http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ Activestate PERL] (Perl port for MS Windows)

=== PHP ===
*[http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php PHP Designer 2005]  (freeware IDE for coding PHP)
*[http://www.nusphere.com/products/index.htm PhpEd IDE] (Commercial PHP Editor, loads of features, plenty of tools)
*[http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/ Eclipse PDT] (Free Eclipse based PHP Editor)
*[http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/ Zend Studio] (Commercial version of the PDT Eclipse plugin)

=== Ruby (And Rails) ===
*[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Ruby] (A general purpose object-oriented scripting language, comparable to Python)
*[http://www.rubyonrails.org/ Ruby On Rails] (Open Source web programming framework based on Ruby)
*[http://www.mondrian-ide.com/ Mondrian Ruby IDE] (IDE written in Ruby for Ruby development.)
*[http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl FreeRIDE] (Another Ruby IDE in Ruby, Included w/ Ruby 1-click installer for Windows)
*[http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/index.rdt.html RDT] (Ruby plugin for Eclipse)
*[http://www.radrails.org/ RadRails] (Eclipse-based Rails IDE. Comes in stand-alone form.)
*[http://www.projectrideme.com/ RIDE-ME] (VS Like Ruby IDE)
*[http://www.jedit.org jEdit] (Java Based Text Editor, Reccommend *[http://toserveman.kalebwalton.com/articles/2006/07/30/jedit-as-textmate-equivalent-for-ruby-on-rails-development this] as a guide to set it up for RoR Development.)
*[http://www.plasmacode.com/ RoRED] (Windows Only Rails IDE)
*[http://homepage2.nifty.com/sakazuki/rde_en/index.html RDE] (Japanese Ruby IDE)

=== Visual Basic ===
*[http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ ic#code]  (Open source environment for C# & VB.NET development)
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ Visual Basic Express Edition] (Free version of VB.net based off Visual Studio 2005.)

=== Scripting Languages ===
*[http://www.angelcode.com/angelscript/ AngelScript]
*[http://eel.olofson.net/ EEL]
*[http://www.somedude.net/gamemonkey/ GameMonkey]
*[http://www.lua.org/ Lua]
*[http://www.mozilla.org/js/ JavaScript]
*[http://www.plausible.org/nasal/ NASAL]
*[http://www.compuphase.com/pawn/pawn.htm Pawn] (previously 'Small')
*[http://www.perl.com/ Perl]
*[http://www.php.net PHP]
*[http://pike.ida.liu.se/ Pike]
*[http://www.python.org/ Python]
*[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Ruby]
*[http://squirrel.sourceforge.net/ Squirrel]
*[http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/tcc/ TCC]
*[http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/primer.html Tcl]
*[http://unreal.epicgames.com/UnrealScript.htm UnrealScript] Part of Unreal Engine and games.
*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/ VBScript]

=== Editors ===
*[http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ Arachnophilia]
*[http://www.context.cx/ ConTEXT] (Very similar feature-set to UltraEdit) 
*[http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Crimson Editor]  (MS-Windows based text editor)
*[http://artemis.wszib.edu.pl/~mdudek/ Hexplorer]  (hex editor)
*[http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad ++] (all-purpose text-editor with syntax highlighting for a multitude of programming languages)
*[http://www.notetab.com/ NoteTab Light 4.95] (free Notepad replacement and HTML editor)
*[http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] (universal freeware editor with support for interfacing with compilers)
*[http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm/ XVI32]  (hex editor)

=== Sites ===

*[http://www.codeproject.com/ CodeProject.com] (Website dedicated to MS Windows programming)
*[http://freshmeat.net/ Freshmeat] (Large index of Linux and cross-platform open source software)
*[http://www.robert-tolksdorf.de/vmlanguages.html JVM Languages] (different languages ported to compile/run for/on Java Platform)
*[http://www.dotnetlanguages.net/DNL/Resources.aspx .NET Languages] (different languages ported to compile for .NET platform)
*[http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge] (Largest repository for the open source software)

=== Databases ===

*[http://www.arachnoid.com/dbedit/index.html dbEdit] (simple database)
*[http://www.firebirdsql.org/ Firebird] (freeware mature relational database)
*[http://mysql.org MySQL] (popular Open Source relational database)
*[http://postgresql.org PostgreSQL] (mature Open Source relational database)
*[http://sqlite.org SQLite] (very light-weight C library with full db functionality)

=== Installation Packages ===
*[http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php Inno Setup]
*[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page Nullsoft Scriptable Install System]

=== Misc ===
*[http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ Activestate Python] (Alternative Python port specifically for Windows)
*[http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/ Activestate TCL/TK] (TCL/TK port specifically for Windows)
*[http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse.org] (multifunction development platform)
*[http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ KDiff3] (compare/merge text files)
*[http://www.chancemedia.com/oyster/ Oyster] (algorithm development language)
*[http://www.python.org/ Python] (Popular interpreted scripting object-oriented language)

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