Programming Resources

Free Applications for Writing & Running Programs on a Windows OS

QBasic

(Download QBasic 4.5 and unzip file. Doubleclick on QB.exe to run. Download includes an HTML tutorial found in BasicHTMLnew.zip. Unzip and doubleclick on index.html to use.)

C/C++

http://www.c-compiler.com/guide/index.html

(C compiler. Easy to install and use. Shareware – free to try. $19 to buy)

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

(GNU C/C++ compiler. Most similar to one used by USACO. More difficult install.)

http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html

(C/C++ compiler. Easy install. 12Meg download)

Java

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

(Download “J2SE v 1.4.2_02 SDK”. Comes bundled with Sun™ ONE Studio 4, an IDE for writing/running your programs)

http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html

(Another Java IDE. Downloading of “J2SE v 1.4.2_02 SDK” still required.)

Resources,Tutorials, Source Code, etc.

All languages

http://www.codewarrioru.com/ (Free online courses in C/C++/Java and More!)

http://www.programmersheaven.com/

QBasic

http://qb4all.com/

C/C++

http://www.cprogramming.com/ (Must be viewed using IE, won’t work with Netscape)

http://www.cyberdiem.com/vin/learn.html

http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/doc/index.html

Java

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/win32.html#1

(A “how to” on getting started with links to downloading/installing the necessary files)

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/index.html (Java 2 API)

USA Computing Olympiad

http://www.usaco.org

(Online computer competitions. Training materials)

(Compiled by Jean Shoenheit; 23 November 2003)