List of Useful Tools

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The following is a brief list of tools that are quite helpful in software and computer related studies at Carleton.

Contents 1 Development Environments 1.1 Java 1.2 C++ 1.3 Microsoft Software 2 Collaboration Tools 3 Programming Resources

Development Environments

Java

• Eclipse (Get it, it's awesome and free!)
• NetBeans ain't bad either.
• BlueJ - a UML-esque visual tool. Favoured by Don Bailey. Head-poundingly simplistic. Better than JBuilder, though (which doesn't say much)
• NetBeans, BlueJ Edition - A cross-over between BlueJ and NetBeans. Unless you've never seen a typical IDE before, just use standard NetBeans or Eclipse.
• JBuilder (Avoid...)

C++

• Bloodshed Dev - C++ IDE, fully featured. Compiles using gcc. Windows only.
• CodeLite - C/C++ IDE, fully featured, open source. Compiles using gcc on Win/Mac/Linux and/or Visual C++ on Windows.

Microsoft Software

• Carleton MSDNAA - Download Microsoft software including Visual Studio C++ provided by Microsoft for students. Login using your Connect account.

Collaboration Tools

• Subversion
• CVS
• Git

Programming Resources