This page will serve as a list of general references on a number of programming topics (and a few other things). If you know of a good programming resource that is not listed on this page, please email the URL to me.

• Free and Open Source Software
• Virus, Spyware, Utilities, Etc.
• So You Want To Be A Programmer?
• C/C++
• Internet Programming
• Java
• .NET
• Perl
• Python
• Visual Basic
• Miscellaneous Programming
• Other Interesting Things

Free and Open Source Software

• Linux! - free OS
• OpenOffice.org - Free office suite (like MS Office)
• Open Source Software for Windows - huge list of free software
• Freshmeat - database of free and open source projects
• SourceForge.net - repository of open source projects
• Open Source Directory - directory of stable open source apps

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So You Want To Be A Programmer?

• Interview on becoming a game programmer
• How to be a Programmer - Things you should know before you become one

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C/C++

• www.cuj.com C++ Users Journal Online
• msdn.microsoft.com/visualc Microsoft Visual C++ Web site (Includes Visual C++ .NET)
• www.accu.org Association of C & C++ Users Web site
• www.cplusplus.com C++ Resources Network
• www.devx.com/cplus DevX C++ zone

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Java

• java.sun.com Sun Microsystem's Java Home Page
• java.sun.com/j2me Sun Web site for J2ME (Java™ 2 Micro Edition)
• softwaredev.earthweb.com/java Gamelan
• www.JARS.com
• www.JGuru.com Java Guru Web Site
• www.codehound.com/java Java Developers Search Engine
• www.javaworld.com JavaWorld online magazine
• www.devx.com/java DevX Java zone
• Head First Java probably the best Java book for learning on your own

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Internet Programming

• Also see Perl, and Python
• www.w3c.org World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web site
• www.w3schools.com/w3c/w3c_xhtml.asp XHTML resource at the W3C web site
• www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/sgml/entities.html HTML character entity references
• msdn.microsoft.com/library Microsoft Developer Network Web Library
• www.webmonkey.com Resource for everything "Webbie"
• www.codehound.com/js JavaScript Developers search engine
• www.devx.com/webdev DevX Web development zone
• http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/index.html CSS from the Ground Up
• HTML Quick List
Big list of HTML tags and examples

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.NET

• www.microsoft.com/net Microsoft .NET home
• msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio Microsoft Developer Network Visual Studio .NET Home Page
• www.gotdotnet.com .NET framework community Web site
• msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic Microsoft Visual Basic .NET home
• www.asp.net Microsoft ASP .NET home
• www.devx.com/vsm Home page for Visual Studio Magazine
• www.devx.com/dotnet DevX .NET zone

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Perl

• www.perl.org Perl Mongers Web site
• use.perl.org Use Perl Web
• perl.apache.org Perl integration with Apache Server Web site
• www.codehound.com/perl Perl Developers search engine
• www.perlarchive.com Perl Archive Web site

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Python

• www.python.org Python Web site
• www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Python Developer's Shed Python site

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Visual Basic

• msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic Microsoft Visual Basic .NET home
• vbwire.com VBWire, Visual Basic News and Information Source
• www.vb-world.net Visual Basic World Web site
• www.codehound.com/vb Visual Basic Developers search engine
• www.devx.com/vsm Home page for Visual Studio Magazine
• www.developersdex.com/vb Developers Index of Visual Basic resources
• www.devx.com/vb DevX Visual Basic zone

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Miscellaneous

• www.unicode.org Unicode Character Set
• www.devx.com DevX Web site. Resource for many programming languages and topics
• www.codehound.com Codehound- The Software Developer's search engine
• www.flashkit.com Resource for Macromedia Flash
• Portal to search web sites for many languages
• Open source web dev site covers many languages

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Virus, Spyware, Utilities, Etc.

• Bootdisk.com - just about every bootdisk you could ever need
• Ultimate Boot CD - boot CD with lots of utilities
• System Rescue CD - another boot CD with a Partition Magic clone
• AVG - free antivirus software
• Ad-Aware - spyware/adware remover
• SpywareBlaster - spyware blocker
• Spybot Search & Destroy - spyware/adware remover
• ZoneAlarm Firewall - personal edition is free

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Other Interesting Things

• Slashdot - News for Nerds
• Ars Technica - PC Enthusiasts Resource
• Homestar Runner - Hilarity
• Calvin and Hobbes
• Foxtrot
• User Friendly
• PVP
• Despair, Inc. - the demotivator posters are great

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