XML and HTML character entity references
XHTML 1.0 Specification (Second Edition)
XHTML Tutorial (by Peter Kantor)
Guide to Cascading Style Sheets
CSS Tutorial (by Peter Kantor)
CSS Tutorial (by Mark Wilton-Jones)
Alsacreations - CSS and (X)HTML tutorials and lessons
HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, an Articles
Sons of Suckerfish - CSS+JavaScript Menus
A Web Site is a Harsh Mistress
CSS Play: Experiments with CSS
CSS Source Ordered Variable Border 1-3 Columned Page Maker
Experiments in Web Programming
WebDeveloper.com (hundreds of articles on difference aspects of web coding/programming)
Buttonator (online button maker)
A Standard for Robot Exclusion (robots.txt file specification)
VisiBone
Mozilla
WebReference.com
JavaScript Kit
DevGuru
W3 Schools
JavaScript Tutorial (by Peter Kantor)
JavaScript Tutorial (by Mark Wilton-Jones)
JavaScript Tutorial - DOM objects and methods (outline; by Mark Wilton-Jones)
HTML DOM Style Object (properties table, by W3Schools)
DOM methods to use in place of innerHTML
Quick guide to somewhat advanced JavaScript
DHTML Code (JavaScript examples of tooltips, scrolling layer, etc.)
"Windows" Interface
Scrolling Grid
The DOM, Part 1: DOM Structure 1
The DOM, Part 2: DOM Structure 2
The DOM, Part 3: HTML-DOM Mismatches
The DOM, Part 4: Nodes 1
The DOM, Part 5: Nodes 2
DHTML Scripts (JavaScript samples)
DHTML Goodies (JavaScript samples)
JavaScript Tutorials and Code (Geekpedia)
JavaScript Made Easy (JavaScript samples)
BernieCode Animator.js (a JavaScript animation library)
Web Developer Resource Index: JavaScript
DOM and Event Differences between IE and Mozilla (detailed info about DOM and events)
Plotr (JavaScript charting framework)
Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
Getting Started with AJAX and the XMLHttpRequest Object
Ajax Reference (XMLHttpRequest object)
Understanding Ajax: Getting Started
JavaScript Recommendations for AJAX Component Writers (other)
XHConn (a simple XMLHTTP interface library)
Prototype (a JavaScript Framework for AJAX)
Developer Notes for prototype.js
Rico (a JavaScript Framework for AJAX, based on prototype.js)
qooxdoo (an AJAX Framework)
Accessibility Tools & Wizards (form generator scripts)
HTML Color Codes ("web safe" color chart, and HTML color names)
HTML color codes and names (color order in a "color flow"; color names are not HTML color names)
EasyRGB (color matching and harmonies)
Basic color schemes - Introduction to Color Theory
Color Fantasy (just for fun)
ActivePerl (Perl for Win32)
CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network)
Rex Swain's HTMLified Perl 5 Reference Guide
Perl Programming Tutorial (by Alfred Park)
Perl, part 1 - Starting programming
Perl, part 2 - Regular expressions
Perl, part 3 - Advanced topics
Slightly Skeptical Introduction to Perl
Perl data structures - arrays, hashes, and combinations
Perl Module - PDF - PDF::API2 (by Alfred Reibenschuh)
Perl Module - Charts - Chart (by David Bonner)
Perl Module - Charts - GD::Graph (by Martien Verbruggen)
Perl Module - Charts - Image::Magick::Chart (by Ron Savage)
Perl Module - Image - Image::Magick (by Kyle Shorter)
PerlMagick (Perl API for ImageMagick)
wxPerl (module for GUI programming from Perl)
Perl Wx Development Resources and Tools
MinGW - Download Page (GNU C/C++ compiler ports for Win32)
C Programming Tutorial (by Alfred Park)
C/C++ Articles (by Chuck Allison)
Beej's Guide to Network Programming Using Internet Sockets
Beej's Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication (shared memory, semaphores, signals, and memory mapped files)
Perl-compatible regular-expression (PCRE) library (for C)
Libwww - the W3C Protocol Library
TCP4U - Simple C TCP/IP library (by Philippe Jounin)
wxWidgets (Cross-Platform GUI Library)
Code::Blocks (open source, cross platform free C++ IDE)
VisualWX (IDE with wxWidgets Form Designer)
wxWorkshop (wxWidgets IDE)
Ultimate++ (C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite)
Batch File Command Reference for Windows 2000
BASH (shell scripting language) - Win32 port (look down the page for Snapshot->MSYS->bin->bash)
BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide (by Mendel Cooper)
Bash Guide for Beginners (by Machtelt Garrels)
BASH Reference Manual (GNU Project)
Software Project Management Document Templates
Semaphore Corporation's Free Internet Resources (mailing related software)
AccuZIP6 (mailing related software)
Stock.XCHNG (free stock photo site)
Grunge Textures - Free Stock Photos and Images
urbanfonts (free and commercial)
1001 Fonts (free and commercial)
shice.de (German site with free fonts)
fontz.de (German site with free fonts)
41 Monospaced Programming Fonts
proggy_fonts (monospaced bitmap programming fonts)
Test web page in different browsers
Websites as Graphs (just gives a topographical view)
Open Port Check Tool (CanYouSeeMe.org)
TrendMicro Housecall - Virus & Spyware Scan
Mailinator (disposable email)
Slopsbox (disposable email)
Cool Ruler (screen ruler)
Common Unix command line utility programs (ported to Win32)
(also see GnuWin32)
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)
Dependency Walker (shows dependencies of Windows modules, such as dll's)
Blat (SMTP command line utility)
cURL (file transfer command line utility for FTP and HTTP)
(also needs Win32 OpenSSL;
another one: HP-UX OpenSSL)
PrimoPDF 4.0 (create PDF thru Windows print driver)
(also see PrimoPDF)
On Windows: Start -> Run -> iexpress
(for making program installation packages)
Hex Editor Neo (free version)
Cygnus Hex Editor (free edition)
HexEditor 3.0F (free version)
HxD (hex editor, freeware)
Hextreme (hex editor, freeware)
frhed (hex editor, freeware)
CDBurnerXP (for burning CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray)
OpenOffice (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and database programs; Java)
TextPad (text editor)
Notepad++ (text editor)
PSPad (text editor)
TotalEdit (text editor)
Thunderbird (open source email client)
Lightning (calendar app, integrated w/ Thunderbird)
Sunbird (calendar app, standalone)
GFL SDK(free programming library for image file processing, used in XnView)
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
FileZilla (FTP client program)
Visual C# IDE, Visual C++ IDE (Express Editions)
ActivePerl (Perl for Win32)
CityDesk 2.0 (website content management; propietary Windows software; free for <50 pages)
Scribus (desktop publisher program)
TeXnicCenter (LaTeX document editor)
ArGoSoft Mail Server (simple email server)
XMail (email server, freeware)
Webmail ASP ($42)
MDaemon (email server)
spampd (SMTP proxy using SpamAssassin)
FileZilla Server (FTP server program)
Outpost Firewall Pro (Windows 2003 Server)
Webroot Desktop Firewall (Windows 2000 Server; will not run on Windows 2003 Server)
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::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)
Cobian Backup (file backup system)
Amanda network backup system (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver)
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; Perl, MySQL)
Liberum (issue tracking system; ASP, MS-SQL or Access)
BugTracker.NET (bug tracking system; ASP.NET, C#, MS-SQL)
GanntProject (project management; Java)
Open Workbench (project management; Java)
YaBB (forum/message board software; uses Perl; "db" is flat-file)
WebBBS (forum/message board software; uses Perl; "db" is flat-file)
Blosxom (blog software; uses Perl; "db" is flat-file)
AWStats (real-time logfile analyzer for site statistics; uses Perl)
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)
openSUSE (based on Slackware)
CentOS (based on Red Hat)
Ubuntu (based on Debian)
Zenwalk (based on Slackware; a lightweight distribution; note: this one is a nice idea, to have a good lightweight version, but it still has some basic issues that need to be worked out and so can't be really recommended - )
Arch Linux (i686 and x86_64 only; will not run on i386, i486 and i586)
Chakra (built on top of Arch Linux)
Audacity (sound recording, editing)