1. Books & Publications
2. Algorithms
Bit Twiddling Hacks [2007-05]
Sean Eron Anderson's collection of bit manipulations
3. Backups And Data Recovery
Hardening your files with Reed-Solomon codes [2008-07]
Includes C source code
4. Design Links
Catalyst Web Framework [2009-01]
The elegant MVC framework
Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it [2008-08]
by Matthew Paul Thomas
- 4.1 Agile Development
- The Agile Allience [2008-06]
- Manifesto for Agile Software Development [2008-06]
  - Principles behind the Agile Manifesto [2008-06]
- Scrum Software Development [2008-06]
  - Scrum In Five Minutes [2008-06]
- 4.2 CMM: Capability Maturity Model
- The Capability Maturity Model for Software (CMM or SW-CMM) is a model for judging the maturity of the software processes of an organization and for identifying the key practices that are required to increase the maturity of these processes.
- Capability Maturity Model® for Software (SW-CMM®) [2002-10]
  Official Home page from Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
- Applying the Capability Matuirty Model [2002-10]
  Short Jeff Gainer article
- Misconceptions of the Capability Maturity Model [2002-10]
- Test your Enterprise [2002-10]
  JavaScript forms to find your CMM level
- 4.3 Methodologies
- Software Myths, Ten [2002-10]
  Rumors. Half-truths. Cautionary tales. A significant number of "myths" surround software development, quality, testing and security practices. From Cigital
- 4.4 MVC - Model View Controller Design Pattern
- Model-view-controller (Wikipedia) [2008-11]
- Blurring of MVC lines: Programming the Web Browser. [2008-11]
  Getting around the trouble with JavaScript
- 4.5 Source Tools
- Unrated programs are just that. Unrated.
  If I liked the tool it will get at least one star, else I'll delete it.
- Understand for C++ [2002-10]
  A reverse engineering, documentation and metrics tool for C and C++ source code
- 4.6 Extreme Programming
- A simple form of planning and tracking to decide what should be done next and to predict when the project will be done [2008-06]
- 4.7 Literate Programming
- Literate Programming [2008-04]
  Writing code developers can read and maintain
- Literate Programming FAQ [2008-04]
- 4.8 Restful Development: Practical Design Guidelines for Web and Database Software
- RESTful Software Development and Maintenance [2008-06]
  Original(?) paper on preserving key software metadata.
- Restful Development [2008-06]
  A platform independent management and architectural style advocating pragmatic practice with industry standards
- 4.9 Use Cases
- UseCases.org [2002-09]
5. Developer Links
Parasoft [2002-06]
Coding Standard Support Tools
Wayne Conrad's Links [2001-08]
Lots of interesting CS links
Ajax [2006-05]
Asynchronous JavaScript + XML
6. Diagnostics
CPUID - x86 technical resources [2009-01]
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system. [2009-01]
3
HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed. [2009-01]
7. Documentation Online
- 7.1 General
- nixDoc *nix Documentation Project [2008-01]
  online searchable documentation for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, HP-UX, Tru64 and other Unix like operating systems
- PageResource.com [2001-06]
  HTML tutorial, JavaScript tutorial, tips, tricks, and links to numerous web design resources and other html tutorial sites
- Online Man Pages [2001-06]
  Man pages from many operating systems and applications
- FreeeBSD Hypertext Man Pages [2002-04]
  Man pages for many operating systems (BSD, Linux, Solaris, ...)
  - Baby man page [2001-06]
- TechTutorials [2002-02]
  Free tutorials for the IT Professional
- The Problem With Threads
  Edward A. Lee, They discard... understandability, predictability, and determinism.
- Little Unix Programmers Group (LPUG)'s Little Site [2002-10]
  The LUPG's little site is dedicated to people who want to learn about Unix programming. Is is intended to form a little community of people who will focus on learning various programming topics, and then teach others.
  - Tutorials [2002-10]
- The Linux Threads Library [2002-11]
  Notes from the initial author of LinuxThreads
  Includes useful links.
  - README [2002-11]
- Multi-Process Programming and Inter-Process Communications (IPC) [2002-04]
- 7.2 Development
- Cheat Sheets [2008-01]
  from I Love Jack Daniels
- 7.3 E-Papers And Publications
8. E-Papers And Publications
- 8.1 General
- Bell Labs Computing Science Research center [2002-05]
- Glossary [2002-09]
9. GNU Related
GNU Home Page
Gnu is Not UNIX
GNU Zebra Free routing software [2001-05]
MinGW: Minimalist GNU For Microsoft Windows [2003-01]
free Microsoft Windows header files and import libraries for GNU toolsets yielding native Microsoft Windows programs without 3rd-party DLLs.
Utilities
- GZIP home page [2001-07]
  Data compression
GNU Software for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS [2001-12]
10. Graphics, GUIs, and Windowing
- 10.1 Tools
- RRD Tool [2007-01]
  The industry standard data logging and graphing application for time based data
- wxWindows [2002-10]
  The open source, cross-platform GUI framework
  - wxGTK Home Page [2001-06]
    Port of wxWindows to the GTK+ toolkit
  - wxWindows [1995]
    A free C++ framework to make cross-platform programming child's play. Well, almost
11. Hardware
- 11.1 General
- AMD CPU Identification chart from AMDboard.com [2009-01]
- The Digerati [2007-08]
  Assorted information on hardware and configurations
  - Info [2007-08]
    - AMD CPU Chart [2007-08]
- Chris's Chamber ( Programming, Operating Systems, Graphics, Java and more!) [2004-10]
  Computer Science Student's most useful home page that can be listed under software as well.
  - The Operating System Resource Center [2004-10]
- What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1 (by Ulrich Drepper) [2007-09]
- 11.2 Modifications
- AllTheMods - How to modify or tune computers, etc. [2009-03]
- MetkuMods [2009-03]
  Modifications of many things
  - Baby SATA [2009-03]
    SATA cable length management tutorial by MekuMods
- 11.3 Monitors
- MonitorWorld.com [2007-11]
12. Humor
Developer On Line: If Philosophers Were Programmers [2009-04]
The INTERCAL Resources Page [2008-07]
Designed to be Turing-complete but as fundamentally unlike any existing language as possible.
Epigrams on Programming
Alan J. Perlis, Yale University
Official Dilbert Home Page
from United Media
User Friendly [2001-01]
Daily cartoon for computer geeks
- User Unfriendly [2001-04-26]
  Unofficial satire on User Friendly
Also see these bookmarks for less technical humor [2001-07]
13. Legal
A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance [2008-08]
From the Software Freedom Law Center
14. Messaging, Middleware, and Other Data Exchanges
What is middleware? In plain English, please. [2008-04]
Red Hat Magazine
Middleware definition [2008-04]
(referenced by RH Magazine)
Linux Defenders [2008-12]
Defending open source against patent trolls by registering open ideas
- Legal Pad Article on Linux Defenders [2008-12]
Peer To Patent [2008-12]
Opens the patent examination process to public participation for the first time.
- 14.1 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
  - CORBA FAQ [2002-10]
  - Introduction To OMB Specifications [2002-10]
    (OMG has more than CORBA)
- 14.2 FIX Protocol
- 14.3 LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDAPman.org [2002-09]
  A major gateway to LDAP knowledge
  - LDAPman RFC Page [2002-09]
    A complete list of LDAP RFCs
- Open LDAP [2002-09]
  Open LDAP source
- Introduction to LDAP [2002-09]
  Slide show type format in HTML
- Introduction to LDAP [2002-09]
- Introduction to LDAP under Linux [2002-09]
- 14.4 Middleware
- 14.5 MQseries
  Enables messages to be exchanged, either synchronously or asynchronously, between application programs running on one or more target systems
- MQSeries Primer [2008-01]
  Official IBM "Red Book" documentation
- MQSeries Programming Patterns [2008-03]
  More detailed documentation
- Brief Introduction [2002-10]
  IBM's MQSeries Transaction Messaging Software
- MQ Update [2002-10]
  Subscription information about MQ Series
- 14.6 SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
  an XML-based protocol for implementing distributed access to object-oriented models.
15. Microsoft Windows®
Microsoft Takes Additional Steps in Implementing Interoperability Principles [2008-07]
- Microsoft Office Binary File Format Documents [2008-07]
16. Networking
- 16.1 TCP/IP
- Fragments
  - John Cushnie - Linux Advanced Routing Page [2002-06]
  - root-to-root rsync without direct root login [2007-11]
- Stephan's Homepage [2002-06]
  Limit your trafic the easy way
- IP_relay [2002-06]
- Emerging Technologies [2002-06]
- Wonder Shaper [2002-06]
- 16.2 PXEboot
- FreeBSD 5 PXEboot recpie [2004-08]
- 16.3 Wireless
- FlyingLiunx NET Home page [2001-09]
  IPv6 Wireless Support
17. Operating Systems
- 17.1 DOS
  - 17.1.1 File System Layouts
  - The FAT File System [2005-09]
    - Master Boot Record (MBR) [2005-09]
  - Master Boot Record Layout [2005-09]
- 17.2 FreeBSD
- Free BSD [2004-08]
  - Ports Library [2004-08]
    - FreeBSD Distribution files [2004-08]
      to be compiled
  - FreeBSD FAQ [2005-08]
  - FreeBSD Porters Handbook [2005-08]
    How to write "ports" packages
  - Developers Handbook [2005-08]
    How to write programs in FreeBSD environments
  - Release Engineering
    How new releases are created
    - make release [2005-09]
      making the first CD
    - Release Building [2005-08]
- Making Your Own Release with FreeBSD [2006-01]
- FreeBSD Ports archive [2004-08]
- 17.3 UNIX
  - 17.3.1 History
  - History of UNIX [2003-08]
  - 17.3.2 NetBSD Links
  - NetBSD Project [1999-05]
  - 17.3.3 OpenBSD Links
  - OpenBSD Project [1999-05]
  - 17.3.4 Linux Links
  - Linux Foundation [2008-11]
    - Linux Standard Base [2008-11]
  - KickStart HOWTO [2008-02]
    From ReadHat
  - Make Linux [2008-06]
    Includes, but is not limited to, ...
    - Interactive Linux kernel mal [2008-06]
    - Advanced Linux Programming [2008-06]
  - Linux LVM How-To [2008-10]
    Linux Volume Management
  - Linux Online [2000-08]
    Comprehensive information and resources about the Linux Operating System
  - Solaris for X86 [2004-03]
    - multiboot.solaris-x86.org [2004-03]
      Multi-booting Solaris and other operating systems
  - Randish Partition Manager [2004-04]
    Free partition manager, multiboot, etc.
  - Linux Self-Help [2001-05]
  - Kernel Archives, The Linux [2000-10]
    The primary site for the Linux kernel source, and much more
    - FTP site [2000-10]
  - gpart -- guess partitions [2004-01]
    program to find lost partitions
  - TestDisk [2004-01]
    Test disk and recover partition tables, etc.
  - ext2 Salvage [2004-01]
    (also, interesting links)
  - XPDE [2004-01]
    X-Windows manager for Linux that tries to make easier for Microsoft Windows XP users to use a Linux box
  - 17.3.5 Solaris Links
  - Networking
    - Cable Modem Resources, Linux [2001-06]
    - Dial On Demand with wvdial and pppd [2003-04]
  - Ports
    - OpenMVS / OpenEdition / Unix Systems Services [2003-05]
      Useful mainframe links
  - Users around the world, Linux [2001-09]
  - 17.3.6 General
  - How To pronounce "Linux" [1995-06]
  - Brother MFC 3820CN and Linux [2007-04]
    russnelso.com
  - How to change the title of an xterm [2008-02]
    zsh, tcsh, bash, ksh, and csh
  - ucalgary: linux scsi drivers /systems/linux/aha274x
  - NetOp from Crosstee Corp [2001-08]
    Remote control and administration of PCs of networks
  - Diskless Systems
  - Linux.org: Diskless Nodes HOW-TO document for Linux [2001-11]
  - Diskless Linux, boot from flash [2001-11]
  - 17.3.7 E-Magzines
  - Linux Journal [2001-05]
    The Monthly Magazine of the Linux Community
  - 17.3.8 Components
  - SCAN EPSON Backent [2001-07]
    For epson TWAIN scanners
  - 17.3.9 Distribution Specific
    - 17.3.9.1 Red Hat
    - Red Hat [2001-05]
      Official Home Page
      - Index [2001-07]
  - 17.3.10 Documentation
  - The Linux Documentation Project [1998-11]
  - OpenDocs [2001-05]
    LLC - OpenSource Publisher
  - Introduction To Linux [2001-11]
    Ohio State University 1998
  - 17.3.11 Hardware
  - Linux Hardware Database [2001-06]
    User reviews and workarounds strictly organized by hardware product name and model, focused on use under Linux.
  - Tsakf's Linux Links [2001-06]
    Links suggested from the newsgroup comp.os.linux.hardware
  - Certain Tools [2001-06]
    Assorted configuration information
- 17.4 EROS
  Extremely Reliable Operating System
- Official Home Page [2001-04]
  Johns Hopkins University
- 17.5 IBM Mainframes
- Fundamental Software, Inc [2002-03]
  System/390 on Intel-Based Servers
- 17.6 Microsoft Windows®
  - 17.6.1 Microsoft Windows 98®
  - Internet Connection Sharing [2002-10]
- 17.7 General Lists
18. Programming
- 18.1 Languages
  - 18.1.1 Assembly
  - Linux Assembly Org [2002-10]
  - Intel® Itanium® Architecture [2008-07]
    Official Intel Software Developer's Manual
  - 18.1.2 C
  - Official Home Pages
    - gcc home page [2000-08]
  - C and C++ Standards [2000-03]
    Everything you wanted to know about ANSI and ISO and why C and C++ Standards are important
  - Steve Summit's Home Page [2002-03]
    Maintainer of comp.lang.c faq
  - 18.1.3 C++
    Inheritance! Overloading! Buffer overruns! Wild pointers!
    Yes! Now you *too* can program in the Most Dangerous Programming Language!
    Never Before has Extreme Programming Been This Dangerous!
  - Official Home Pages
  - Software Design (C++): Web Links [2003-11]
  - MSOE Computer Engineering Course Materials [2003-07]
  - C++ Tip Of The Day [2002-10]
  - C++ FAQs, FTP version [1996-03]
    (official addr in FAQ)
  - Fred: C++ Notes: Table of Contents [2006-02]
  - Lee Point C++ Notes [2002-10]
  - 18.1.4 COBOL
  - 18.1.5 Fortran
  - The Fortran Company [2001-08-20]
    Products, services, general information, and links, related to the Fortran programming language
    - Fortran Standards [2001-08]
  - 18.1.6 Java
  - Installing Sun's Java On Fedora Core 8 (fc8)
    Attemping a stright install can cause problems
    - Installing Sun's Java (jRE) on Fedora Core 8 [2008-05]
      NerdGirl.dk's instructions
    - Java Downloads For Linux [2008-05]
  - Installing Sun's JDK On Fedora Core 8 (fc8)
    - JDK 6 Update 6 [2008-06]
      (I choose with NetBeans 6.1)
  - Java Learner Tutorials [2008-02]
    Java Advanced Tutorials
  - Java(TM) 2 Platform. Standard Edition [2001-03]
    From Sun Microsystems
  - JPackages: a collection of APIs for the Java developer [2008-05]
  - Socket (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2) [2008-05]
  - Chapter 26 -- Java Socket Programming [2008-05]
  - Socket Programming in Java [2008-05]
  - Java TCP Sockets and Swing Tutorial [2008-05]
  - Webmaster articles and resources [2001-05]
  - 18.1.7 JavaScript
  - Use PHP functions in JavaScript [2009-03]
    PHP.JS is an open source project in which we try to port PHP functions to JavaScript. By including the PHP.JS library in your own projects, you can use your favorite PHP functions on the client-side.
  - Hash tables in JavaScript [2008-10]
  - ECMAScript via Wikipedia [2008-10]
  - Netscape Documentation
  - The Secret of JavaScript Class Inheritance and Polymorphism [2008-09]
    - < TrueCode > - Object Oriented Super Class Method Calling with JavaScript [2008-09]
  - Microsoft Documentation
    - JScript Documenation [1998]
    - Scripting Technologies [2000-05]
    - DHTML ObjectModel [2001-04]
  - Webmaster articles, tutorials, collections, specs, and documeation [2000-09]
  - JavaScript Archives and Sample Scripts
    - Dynamic Drive DHTML(dynamic html) code library [2001-06]
    - Cursor Trailer Text [2001-06]
  - Width And Height Of Web Pages
    - Width & Height Of Web Page [2009-06]
      Pure JavaScript
    - JavaScript tutorial - Window size and scrolling [2009-06]
    - Dynamic Web Page Effects - $95/license [2009-06]
    - Critical Section - Dynamic Web Page Sizing [2009-06]
  - 18.1.8 Logo
  - Logo, UCB [1995-08]
  - 18.1.9 Make
  - http://www.gnu.org/manual/make-3.79.1/html_node/make_toc.html [2002-07]
  - Recursive Make Considered Harmful [2002-07]
  - JavaScript and DoJo [2007-10]
  - The Mojo on Dojo [2007-11]
    Getting up and running with DoJo
  - 18.1.10 Perl
  - Perl Active Venture [2008-04]
    Perl Documentation
    - History of perl signal handlers [2008-04]
  - Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting... [2007-12]
    Larry Wall
  - The Perl Journal [2001-05]
    Magazine dedicated to providing information on the practical extraction report language
  - Learning Perl The Hard Way [2007-08]
    Green Tea Press
  - Perl Documentation [2005-03]
  - CORBA for perl [2002-10]
  - Reading and writing Excel Files [2002-07]
  - CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network [1998-09]
    Get your perl links and downloads here!
    - The CPAN Search Site [2001-05]
      Search cpan.org
      - Barcode::Code128 - Generate CODE 128 bar codes [2004-04]
        Off-CPAN files about bar codes
        Code 128 Specification page [2003-05]
        BarCode 1: UPC and EAN bar code information [2003-05]
      - LWP: The World-Wide Web library for Perl [2004-04]
  - Perl Mongers [1998-09]
    The perl advocacy people
    - Support Group [2001-05]
  - PerlMasters.com [2004-01]
    Lots of free scripts
  - O'Reilly's Perl Home Page [1997-08]
    Much on perl
  - Active State [2000-11]
    Active Perl (includes perl for Microsoft Windows includes Perl/Tk)
  - 18.1.11 I18N
  - GNU Gettext [2009-02]
    GNU's I18N solution
    - Introduction [2009-02]
  - 18.1.12 Perl - mod_perl
  - Apache Web Server [1998-04-18]
    most popular server on the net
    - mod_perl: Apache/Perl Integration project [1998-05]
      Specially run perl under Apache
    - Debugging mod_perl [2007-05]
    - Embperl [1998-05]
      Embed Perl in Your HTML Documents
  - mod_perl resources [2002-02]
    Links to useful documents
  - Take 23 [2001-05]
    News and resources for the mod_perl world
  - 18.1.13 Perl - Networking
  - 18.1.14 Perl/Tk
  - 18.1.15 Perl Unicode
  - Unicode-processing issues in Perl and how to cope with it [2007-05]
    Perl 5.8+ has comprehensive support for Unicode and a wide range of different text encodings. But still many people experience problems when processing multi-language text. Here I explain the most common problems and offer solutions.
  - Perl/Tk For Microsoft Windows [2001-02]
    From ActiveState
  - Perl/Tk Links [2001-05]
    Important Perl/Tk Information
  - 18.1.16 PHP
  - PHP Home Page [2005-03]
  - Securing PHP Web Applications [2009-03]
    book that looks interesting
    - PHP Security [2008-07]
  - Preventing remote file include attacks with mod_rewrite [2008-07]
  - Width & Height Of Web Page [2009-03]
    Using JavaScript to transfer information to PHP via cookie
  - PHP's DBX Abstractiion Layer By Example [2006-10]
    by Ray Hunter
  - PHP DBX [2006-10]
  - 18.1.17 Python
  - 18.1.18 Ruby
  - 18.1.19 Tcl/Tk
  - 18.1.20 Visual Basic
  - Visual Basic Explorer [2002-03]
    Resources and tutorials
  - Visual Basic Tutorial [2002-03]
- 18.2 Libraries that might be useful
  - 18.2.1 Development, Cross-Platform
- 18.3 RDB
  - 18.3.1 SQL
  - MySQL
    - MySQL [2001-07-05]
      GPLed SQL server
  - Mimer SQL Validator [2008-10]
    Checks if SQL is truly complient with a standard SQL
  - miniSQL from Hughes Technologies
  - Informix
    - IBM Informix Dynamic Server v10 Information Center [2008-05]
      - IBM Informix Dynamic Server v10 Information Center [2008-05]
    - Informix manuals [2008-01]
      - Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial, Version 7.1 (G251-0424-00) [2008-05]
        This guide provides a tutorial on SQL, as implemented by Informix products. It describes the basic ideas and terms that are used when you work with a relational database.
      - Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax, Version 7.1 (G251-0423-00) [2008-05]
        This guide provides syntax diagrams and detailed descriptions of all Informix SQL statements, SQL segments, and SPL statements.
      - Informix Guide to SQL: Reference, Version 7.1 (G251-0422-00) [2008-05]
        This guide provides information on the following topics: Informix databases, data types, system catalog tables, environment variables, and the stores7 demonstration database. It also contains a glossary.
  - 18.3.2 Others
- 18.4 Software Configuration Management (SCM) systems
- Provides a sort of beginners introduction to SCM. [2001-05]
  Also links to some commercial or freeware tool vendors and other SCM sites.
- CVS: Concurrent Versions System
- CVS - Open Source Version Control [2007-04]
- ClearCase
  - ClearCase Introduction [2001-05]
  - Timefold's (tm) ClearCase Service Provider Index (CCSPIN) [2001-05]
    A free service to help companies like yours using or contemplating the adoption of ClearCase
- GIT: Revision Control System
- Git-Fast Version Control System [2008-06]
  - Crash Courses [2008-06]
- A tour of git: the basics [2008-06]
  by Carl Worth
- Google Tech Talk: Linux torvalds on git [2008-06]
  Linus visits Google to share his thoughts behind git
- RCS: Revision Control System
  - Official RCS Home Page [2001-06]
    Source distribution (UNIX), documentation, and links
  - WinRCS - Microsoft Windows front end to GNU RCS [2001-06]
    Free for individuals
  - CS-RCS PRO - The Ultimate Microsoft Windows Version Control Solution! [2001-06]
    30-day free trial. per-user regitration.
- Subversion
  The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community
  - Subversion home page [2006-11]
    - Documentation [2006-11]
      - How To Guides [2006-11]
      - Presentations [2006-11]
- TortoiseSVN: The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control [2008-09]
  - Download [2008-09]
19. Security
The Trustworth Computing Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) [2009-05]
The process that Microsoft has adopted for the development of software that needs to withstand malicious attack.
A a system for classifying computer security threats used at Microsoft. [2009-05]
The Hacker's Choice [2009-01]
A group of international experts involved in network and system security since 1995
Zeppoo Linux Rootkit detection [2006-05]
HackerWacker(TM) [2001-09]
See your computer the way hackers do
insecure.org [2001-07]
Free Computer Security Tools including Nmap, ...
- nmap [2001-07]
ICAT Metabase [2004-04]
Your CVE Vulenability Search Engine
- 19.1 Certificates
20. SQA: Software Quality Assurance
- 20.1 General Information
- What Is Xxxxx Testing? [2002-10]
  Overview of a number of testing methods
- Generate Data [2008-07]
  Open source data generation tool
- 20.2 Organizations
- QAI: Quality Assurance Institute [2002-10]
  Certifications and formal programs. Fee based services.
  - Methodology [2002-10]
  - Tools
    - Building The Plan [2002-10]
- 20.3 SELinux
- Anatomy of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) [2008-05]
- Top 10 SELinux Stories of 2007 (LinuxSecurity.com) [2008-08]
- Configuring Apache On Fedora Core 3 for Userdir [2008-08]
- 20.4 Testing Concepts
- Context Driven Testing [2002-10]
- 20.5 Testing Plans
- Testing FAQs [2002-10]
  An information resource for software testers
21. Sources
Berkeley Sequoia 2000 Global Change Research Project [1995-05]
(interesting source to databases, MPEG, and more)
File: File classification program [2006-11]
OpenSSL Project [2001-07]
Collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.
OSDN: Open Source Development Network [2001-08]
Downloads of many Open Source applications
RPM Find [2000-010]
Sources in Red-Had package Manager format
Source Forge [2002-01]
Claims to be the world's largest Open Source development website
22. Standards
Also see individual languages Languages and Operating Systems
- 22.1 POSIX Links
- POSIX Programmer's Guide [2008-01]
  Goole Books Result
- The Portable Application Standards Committee [2001-06]
  Official web site of the IEEE's Portable Application Standards Committee (PASC).
- How to obtain POSIX standards and drafts [2001-06]
- Portable Operating Systems Interface [2001-06]
  Useful links
- Posix Programmers Guide [2001-06]
  Book by O'Reilly
- 22.2 Unicode
- Unicode [2002-11]
  Official home page
- UTF-8 out-of-the-box experience [2002-11]
- libiconv - GNU Project [2007-12]
- Transcriptions of Unicode [2007-12]
- Unicode FAQ [2007-12]
  Extensive FAQ
- The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) [2006-10]
23. Starting Points
Web Pages For Programmers
Manuals to information on perl, C++ STL, NCurses, and more.
Database Systems Laboratory, Univ of Massachusetts [1995-05]
Supporting novel, advanced applications that expand the limits of traditional databases, especially transaction systems.
Includes pointers to standards, products, data bases, etc.
Berkeley Open Computing Facility WWW Server
all-volunteer, student-run, student-initiated service group dedicated to free computing for all University of California at Berkeley students, faculty, and staff.
24. Technical Writing
Purdue University's Online Writers Lab (Predue OWL) [2002-01]
Guilds and organizations
- HTML Writer's Guild [1995-08]
- Society for Technical Communication [2002-01]
  STC is a membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of Technical Communication
25. Tools For Software Development
Source Navigator [2002-10]
Source code analysis tool - Includes call trees.
- Main Source Forge page [2003-01]
Valgrind - framework for buidling dynamic analysis tools [2008-02]
Includes memory error detector, a thread error detector, a cache and branch-prediction profiler, a call-graph generating cache profiler, and a heap profiler.
- Wikipedia's entry on Valgrind [2008-02]
- Overview of the valgrind system [2008-02]
- Valgrind HOW TO [2008-02]
- Complete Valgrind manual [2008-02]

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Computer Science

Technical Information, mostly, on Computers

1. Books & Publications

2. Algorithms

3. Backups And Data Recovery

4. Design Links

4.1 Agile Development

4.2 CMM: Capability Maturity Model

4.3 Methodologies

4.4 MVC - Model View Controller Design Pattern

4.5 Source Tools

4.6 Extreme Programming

4.7 Literate Programming

4.8 Restful Development: Practical Design Guidelines for Web and Database Software

4.9 Use Cases

5. Developer Links

6. Diagnostics

7. Documentation Online

7.1 General

7.2 Development

7.3 E-Papers And Publications

8. E-Papers And Publications

8.1 General

9. GNU Related

10. Graphics, GUIs, and Windowing

10.1 Tools

11. Hardware

11.1 General

11.2 Modifications

11.3 Monitors

12. Humor

13. Legal

14. Messaging, Middleware, and Other Data Exchanges

14.1 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture

14.2 FIX Protocol

14.3 LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

14.4 Middleware

14.5 MQseries

14.6 SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol

15. Microsoft Windows®

16. Networking

16.1 TCP/IP

16.2 PXEboot

16.3 Wireless

17. Operating Systems

17.1 DOS

17.1.1 File System Layouts

17.2 FreeBSD

17.3 UNIX

17.3.1 History

17.3.2 NetBSD Links

17.3.3 OpenBSD Links

17.3.4 Linux Links

17.3.5 Solaris Links

17.3.6 General

17.3.7 E-Magzines

17.3.8 Components

17.3.9 Distribution Specific

17.3.9.1 Red Hat

17.3.10 Documentation

17.3.11 Hardware

17.4 EROS

17.5 IBM Mainframes

17.6 Microsoft Windows®

17.6.1 Microsoft Windows 98®

17.7 General Lists

18. Programming

18.1 Languages

18.1.1 Assembly

18.1.2 C

18.1.3 C++

18.1.4 COBOL

18.1.5 Fortran

18.1.6 Java

18.1.7 JavaScript

18.1.8 Logo

18.1.9 Make

18.1.10 Perl

18.1.11 I18N

18.1.12 Perl - mod_perl