Resources for Computer Science Students

Programming Languages

Java
Integrated Design Environments (IDEs)
- BlueJ - BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically designed for introductory teaching. (Java)
- Eclipse - Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. (Java, C, C++)
- Pyzo - A starting IDE for python.
- IntelliJ IDEA - Community Edition is the open source version of IntelliJ IDEA, a premier IDE for Java, Groovy and other programming languages. ( Download link)
- jGRASP - An Integrated Development Environment with Visualizations for Improving Software Comprehensibility. (Java, C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and VHDL)
- Netbeans - The only IDE you need! Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free. (Java, C, C++)
- PyCharm - Python IDE, the community edition is a lightweight version of their professional IDE. (Made by Jet Brains, the makers of IntelliJ)
Scheme
- MIT Scheme
- Racket (formerly Dr. Scheme)
- Guile
Assembly (directly course related)
- SPIM - SPIM is a MIPS32 simulator for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh users.
- MARS MIPS simulator (Missouri State University) -- MIPS simulator
Perl
- Perl.com - Perl.com is controlled by O'Reilly and lists several great resources for Perl programming.
PHP
- PHP Homepage
Python
- Python.org
- Download Python
Ruby
- Ruby Programming Language
- Ruby on Rails

PuTTY - PuTTY is a free telnet/SSH client used in the department. This software is used to connect to the departmental server.
FileZilla - FileZilla is a SFTP client. This program may be used to connect to the departmental server.
VcXsrv - VcXsrv is a port of the X Window system for MS Windows. This can be used in conjunction with PuTTy to load X11 applications from the departmental server.
LaTeX Packages
MikTex - MikTex provides LaTeX to computers running MS Windows.
LaTeX Editors
TeXnicCenter - A LaTeX Editor for MS Windows.
Kile - A LaTeX Editor for KDE on Linux.

NASA SP-7084 ( Alternative) - (Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors)