Technology Links:
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Deitel & Associates
URL:
http://www.deitel.com
Deitel & Associates are a group of highly intelligent and widely
skilled programmers, who are familiar with almost every programming/scripting/markup language
in existence. Their site contains useful "Live-Code" examples amongst other things, and is an essential
resource for anyone wishing to create a website or learn a programming language.
Learn The Net
URL:
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
Learn the Net is a web site containing a complete overview of the Internet, the World Wide
Web and underlying technologies. The site contains much information appropriate for novices.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
URL:
http://www.w3.org
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) web site offers a comprehensive description of the Web and where it is headed.
For each Internet technology with which the W3C is involved, the site provides a description of the technology,
its benefits to web designers, the history of the technology and the future goals of the W3C in developing the
technology. This site is of great benefit for understanding the technologies of the World Wide Web.
XHTML.org
URL:
http://www.xhtml.org
XHTML.org provides XHTML development news and links to other XHTML resources, which include
books and articles.
W3Schools.com
URL:
http://www.w3schools.com
W3Schools provides XHTML quizzes and references. The site also contains links to the XHTML
syntax, validation and document quizzes. It also provides information about other important web design technologies,
such as CSS, XML and XSL.
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Linux.ie
URL:
http://www.linux.ie
Linux.ie is home of ILUG, the Irish Linux Users' Group, a group of UNIX/Linux enthusiasts
from around Ireland. ILUG sponsor and host many national events throughout the year in various areas around
Ireland. Famous for its LAID days (Linux Awareness in Ireland Day) amongst other events, Linux.ie is a surefire
starting point for any Irish person interested in discovering Linux/UNIX.
FreeBSD Website
URL:
http://www.freebsd.org
FreeBSD is a UNIX operating system based on the Berkeley System Distribution. It is
freely available from this website or for a small price on 4/5 CDs from various vendors around the world.
*BSD operating systems are noted for being more stable than UNIX "copycats" like Linux. FreeBSD is the most
documented and easy-to-install BSD operating system and is widely available throughout the world.
Slackware Linux
URL:
http://www.slackware.com
If you have experimented with Linux it is likely that the operating system you have used
has been RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake or another "easy-to-use" Linux distribution. However, these distributions have the
major flaw in that they are difficult to configure the old nitty gritty way if something goes wrong. Also they
are known to be unstable and are steering down that buggy path which Windows is well known for. Slackware Linux
and Debian/GNU Linux are two flavours of Linux which are less bug-filled than the aforementioned distros however.
My favourite of the two is Slackware, which is still simple to set up and use, while allowing the user complete
control over the operating system.
OpenOffice
URL:
http://www.openoffice.org
Everybody knows that Microsoft will more than likely maintain their stronghold on the
Office suite market. It is hard to see how, especially since their suites are known to range in price from
400 EUR upwards for commercial licences. OpenOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and is available
for every platform imaginable. You might want to download it on a fast internet connection, however, as it
weighs in at a sweet 70mb.
GNU Website
URL:
http://www.gnu.org
GNU stands for GNU is Not UNIX. The GNU movement is most famous for its GPL (General
Public Licence), which basically allows for the distribution of software for free, allows for the manipulation of
source code (so long as any copyrights are maintained in the code), and stipulates the requirement for source
code to be included with the program or available on the internet as a separate download. GNU is also famous for
its clever duplicates of UNIX software such as cc (their version is gcc), saving users of free operating systems
thousands of euro on a C compiler. Thousands of applications are available today on the GPL for free on the
internet.
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