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| Easy-install Web server packages | ||||||
| The free Web server packages listed below contain all you need to easily install and run a Webserver on your local computer. The package includes the MySQL database server, a PHP and/or Perl a scripting engine, the Apache Web server and more. | ||||||
| LAMP | Easy install package containing Apache Web server, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python. Freeware for Linux. | |||||
| Linux | Most modern Linux distributions come with a package manager which allows you to easily install a variety of software with just a few clicks.
The software will be automatically retrieved from the official remote repository.
This makes it easy to install a Webserver (such as Apache), a database (such as MySQL) and a scripting language, such as PHP on your Linux system. We can recommend the following Linux distributions which you can also try out directly from DVD without installing anything: Lubuntu, Xubuntu, or Linux Mint | |||||
| MAMP | Easy install package containing Apache Web server, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python. Freeware for MAC OS X. | |||||
| The Uniform Server | A lightweight and portable web server for Windows. It does not need to be installed. It includes Apache, Perl, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin. | |||||
| WampServer | Webserver containing Apache + PHP + MySQL. WampServer makes it very easy to set up your own Webserver with PHP and MySQL. Basically all you need to do is run the installer. Freeware and open source for For Windows. | |||||
| XAMPP | Free distribution containing Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl to install on your own computer.
Everything is contained inside one easily installable package. Freeware, for Linux, MAC, Windows, Solaris. XAMPP is fully portable and multiple instances of XAMPP can co-exist on a system. | |||||
| PHP Developers Tools & Scripts | ||||||
| DBScripts | Free PHP scripts designed for simplicity and ease-of-use: a searchable image gallery, anti-spam guestbook, a ratings script, and an image-based verification script for form submissions. | |||||
| PEAR | A structured library of open-source code for PHP users. PEAR = "PHP Extension and Application Repository". | |||||
| PHP Manual | The official PHP manual and other documentation. | |||||
| PHP Tutorial | Very useful and clear PHP tutorial. | |||||
| PHPList | A free open-source newsletter manager in PHP. | |||||
| The PHP Resource Index | Thousands of free PHP scripts, such as counters, bulletin boards, calendars, guestbooks, games, file management. | |||||
| The PHP Resource Index | Thousands of free PHP scripts, such as counters, bulletin boards, calendars, guestbooks, games, file management. | |||||
| Maian Script World | 14 free PHP scripts for download, including a shopping card script, calendar, guestbook, etc. | |||||
| Free MySQL Developers Tools | ||||||
| phpMyADmin | A freeware tool to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. | |||||
| SQL Manager 2007 Lite for MySQL | Graphical tool for MySQL Server administration and development. The 'Lite' version is free. | |||||
| SQLyog MySQL GUI | Tool for MySQL database development and administration. The Community Edition is free. | |||||
| XAMPP | Free distribution containing Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl to install on your own computer.
Everything is contained inside one easily installable package. Freeware, for Linux, MAC, Windows, Solaris. XAMPP is fully portable and multiple instances of XAMPP can co-exist on a system. | |||||
| Free Javascripts | ||||||
| Dynamic Drive | Free Javascripts and DHTML code. | |||||
| Free JavaScripts | Free Javascripts: user-interface elements, visual and sound effects, forms and validation, etc. etc. | |||||
| Javascript Kit: Free JavaScripts | Free java scripts organized by category. | |||||
| JQuery | A free JavaScript library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. | |||||
| YUI Library | The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications. | |||||
| Free Java applets | ||||||
| Free Java Applets | Hundreds of freeware Java applets. | |||||
| Free Scripts | ||||||
| BigResource | Large directory of Web scripts, Web programming resources and tutorials. | |||||
| Hscripts.com | Free scripts: PHP, Javascript, JSP, ASP, Ajax, JQuery, Perl, Unix shell. | |||||
| Forum scripts | ||||||
| SMF | SMF (or "Simple Machines Forum"), is a free professional-quality online forum script. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL. | |||||
| phpFK | Freeware PHP message board / forum script. It does not need mySQL! | |||||
| e-Commerce Tools | ||||||
| osCommerce | Freeware open-source e-commerce solution to create your own online shop. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, license fees, or limitations involved. | |||||
| Free Programmer's Editors | ||||||
| Crimson Editor | Freeware source code editor for Windows with syntax Highlighting for HTML, C/C++, Perl, Java, Matlab and LaTeX. It can be extended for other programming languages using custom syntax files. | |||||
| DomiNOTE | Free text editor for Windows. Features: keyword highlighting, 256 Levels of undo/redo, drag and drop text editing, unlimited file size, open and edit multiple documents, stay on top, etc. | |||||
| EditPad Lite | Free text editor for Linux and Windows. | |||||
| Gigas Editor | Powerful programmers editor for Windows, with syntax highlighting (C++, Delphi, Fortran, Java, Javascript, HTML, PHP, etc.), as well as a hexadecimal editor, undo/redu, print preview, code completion, encryption, macros. | |||||
| NotesPad | Freeware for Windows. Can open up to 16 large files at once, multiple undo and redo commands. Accumulative clipboard function, macros, spell checking, etc. Runs on Windows. | |||||
| PEdit | Freeware DOS editor created by Paul Brand. PEdit is like the DOS EDIT program, but much more powerful, and with many additional features for programmers. Such as: pop-up tables, column support, macro key, easy indentation of source files, long filenames, 28/43/50 lines mode, word wrap, spell checker, thesaurus, mouse support, undo, and much more. | |||||
| PSPad | Programmer's editor for HTML, PHP, XHTML, Javascript, ASP, Perl, C, etc. Freeware for Windows. | |||||
| Viewer | Viewer can be used to view as text or hex any file of almost any size - up to millions of lines. It is designed to cope with DOS and UNIX type lines and includes search features and the ability to save as a text file any segment of the source file. The file opens in the background so that there is no waiting and the file is visible within a second of opening it. | |||||
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| Free AJAX tools | ||||||
| Morfik | Integrated IDE, WYSIWYG visual design tools, database design tools and framework to create Ajax applications. Morfik can compile Java, Object Pascal, C# and Basic programming code into client-side DHTML/Java/HTML/CSS logic and server-side executables (which function together with an Apache Web server and a Firebird database). | |||||
| Various Web development tools | ||||||
| IETester | Many browsers allow multiple versions to be installed on the same machine, but this is not possible with Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer is tightly integrated with the Windows opererating system itself, which explains the problem.
In fact, you could very well say that IE is part of the operating system. Nevertheless, you might want to test out your Web projects on various versions of Internet Explorer. One solution is to use various Virtual Machines, each with their own IE version. Another approach is to use IETester. It is a freeware Webbrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE9, IE8, IE7, IE6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, XP and Vista. It does not interfere with your current (officially installed) version of Internet Explorer. | |||||
| Online Tutorials and Help | ||||||
| Beginning Perl Tutorials | Useful information when you want to start programming in Perl. | |||||
| DHTML Tutorial | Extensive and thourough Javascript, HTML, CSS tutorial. | |||||
| Free Java Tutorials | Free courses on Java. | |||||
| HTML Dog | HTML and CSS Tutorials. | |||||
| HTMLPrimer | Advanced and beginning CSS / HTML. | |||||
| Javascript FAQ | Useful solutions to common Javascript issues. | |||||
| Javascript Kit | Free JavaScript tutorials, DHTML tutorials, Web design tutorials, JavaScript reference, DOM reference, free JavaScripts, free Java applets | |||||
| Javascript Tutorials | Large collection of Javascript tutorials. | |||||
| PHP Manual | Online PHP Manual in many languages. | |||||
| PHP Resource index: Documentation | PHP examples, tutorials, books, FAQ's, help, etc. | |||||
| Server-side Scripting Languages | ||||||
| Server-side scripts are scripts which run on your Webserver. Most Webspace providers offer PHP and Perl by default. | ||||||
| PHP | Easy yet powerful scripting language for creating WWW scripts available for a very large number of platforms.
Supports object-oriented programming. Most Internet providers offer PHP as part of their Webhosting packages. See also below. | |||||
| Ruby on Rails | A scripting language and open source Web development framework. | |||||
| Perl | Perl is an extremely powerful and widely supported scripting language, mostly used for creating WWW scripts. Supports object-oriented programming. Rather difficult to use for Perl-beginners. Most Internet providers offer Perl as part of their Webhosting packages. | |||||
| Zope | A free, Open Source(tm) web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites. | |||||
| Python | Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC). New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. The Python implementation is portable: it runs on many brands of UNIX, on Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac, Amiga, etc. Python is copyrighted but freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use. | |||||
| Rebol | Free for non-commercial use.
Very easy to use and elegant interpreted language
useful for creating Web applications.
Rebol supports object oriented programming.
It includes 14 Internet protocols, like HTTP, FTP, CGI, SMTP, POP, etc. Rebol runs on more than 20 platforms, which means that the scripts listed on the Rebol site will not only be able to run on Windows but will also run on Solaris, Irix, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, BeOS, Mac, AIX, HPUX, Amiga, Linux, etc. Rebol/Command, (which is not free) provides additional features: Direct database access to: Oracle 8 (Windows, Solaris Sparc, and Linux libc6 systems) MySQL 3, ODBC access (from Windows) to: Access, Excel, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL. Also: FastCGI, SSL, TLS, HTTPS, SSLv2, SSLv3 and TLSv1, DES, 3DES, ARCFOUR, RSA keys and DSA/DH keys, Blowfish, Rijndael/AES. | |||||
| Java Servlets | Java 'applets' which are executed on the server, resulting in a dynamic page that can be viewed in the client Webbrowser. | |||||
| ASP2PHP | Free tool to convert Microsoft ASP Web scripts to PHP scripts. | |||||
| Client-side Scripting Languages | ||||||
| Client-side scripts run inside the Webbrowser. Modern Webbrowsers such as Mozilla FireFox, Opera and Internet Explorer all support Javascript and Java. | ||||||
| Java | Java is a powerful object-oriented programming language derived from C++ but without much of the complexity of C++. With Java you can create small programs, so called 'Java Applets' which are embedded in a Web page (they run inside the Webbrowser). Use Java when you want to create applets, which run as a separate entity within the context of your Webpage. | |||||
| Javascript | A scripting language supported by the majority of Webbrowsers. Javascript is not to be confused with Java. Use Javascript when you want your Webpages to be dynamic, and to respond to certain user-actions (mouse, keyboard, etc.). | |||||
| Internet Databases | ||||||
| MySQL | Well-known freeware, multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.
Versions available for Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, SunOS, etc.
JDBC drivers available. Most Internet providers offer MySQL as part of their Webhosting packages. Freeware under the GPL license. | |||||
| More free databases | Freeware and open-source SQL database systems, freeware database tools, open-source (SQL) database libraries for Java, C++, Delphi. | |||||
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