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(This references page is maintained for internal use, but anyone is free to make use of it.)
Website - XHTML/CSS

Website - JavaScript

Website - ASP

Website - AJAX

Website - Color

Website - ASP.net
Programming - Perl

Programming - C/C++

Programming - C#

Programming - MySQL
Utility programs

Common Unix command line utility programs (ported to Win32)

Regular Expression Tester
    (also see Helicon Tech)

Compression utilities (pkzipc, PPMonstr)

Unison (file synchronizer)

tools4ever command line utility programs (such as "port ping")
    (also see tools4ever Command Line Tools)

Blat (SMTP command line utility)

cURL (file transfer command line utility for FTP and HTTP)
    (also needs Win32 OpenSSL;
    another one: HP-UX OpenSSL)

Xenu's Link Sleuth

PrimoPDF 4.0 (create PDF thru Windows print driver)
    (also see PrimoPDF)

Start -> Run -> iexpress
    (for making program installation packages)

Remote Task Manager

Hex Editor Neo (free version)

Cygnus Hex Editor (free edition)

HexEditor 2.5F (free version)

HxD (hex editor, freeware)

Hextreme (hex editor, freeware)

frhed (hex editor, freeware)

Development/Office Software

OpenOffice

PSPad (text editor)

TotalEdit (text editor)

Notepad++ (text editor)

TextPad (text editor)

IrfanView

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

FileZilla (FTP client program)

WinMerge

Komodo Edit

SharpDevelop (C# IDE)

Visual C# IDE, Visual C++ IDE (Express Editions)

ActivePerl (Perl for Win32)

Server Software

ArGoSoft Mail Server (simple email server)

XMail (email server, freeware)

WebMail (freeware, ASP)

Webmail ASP ($42)

MDaemon (email server)

SpamAssassin - MailProxy

spampd (SMTP proxy using SpamAssassin)

ASSP - Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy

Clam AntiVirus

ClamWin AntiVirus

Gene6 FTP Server

BulletProof FTP Server

Outpost Firewall Pro (Windows 2003 Server)

Webroot Desktop Firewall (Windows 2000 Server; will not run on Windows 2003 Server)

MySQL

MySQL Tools (Administrator, Query Browser, Migration Toolkit)

Upgrading MySQL from 4.1 to 5.0

HeidiSQL (client tool for MySQL)

SAMBA (allows for interoperability between Unix/Linux servers and Windows clients)

Apache HTTP Server

Apache::ASP Module (ASP for Apache, PerlScript only)

ISAPI Rewrite (URL rewrite ISAPI engine for IIS)

IIS Mod-Rewrite (URL rewrite module for IIS)

C++ Server Pages (CSP Engine) (IIS or Apache)


CVSTracNT (bug-tracking system)

Subversion (version control)

TortoiseSVN (Windows client for Subversion)

Bugzilla (bug-tracking system software; uses Perl, MySQL)

Bugzilla Windows Installation instructions

OTRS (issue tracking system software; uses Perl, MySQL)

YaBB (forum/message board software; uses Perl; db is flat-file)

WebBBS (forum/message board software; uses Perl; db is flat-file)

AWStats (real-time logfile analyzer for site statistics; uses Perl)

CityDesk 2.0 (website content management; propietary Windows software; free for <50 pages)

UseModWiki (wiki engine; uses Perl; db is flat-file])

Oddmuse (wiki engine; uses Perl; db is flat-file; fork of UseModWiki)

Perspective (wiki engine; uses .NET 1.1, C#; db is flat-file; WYSIWYG editing)