During the semester you will have questions (I guarantee it :). When you have a question, this should be one of the first places you go to look for an answer. It (will) contain links to many useful resources and answer to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
Quotes
Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.
- Bruce Schneier
Duke Resouces
System and Programming Tool Documentation
- Eclipse (Open Source Integrated Development Environment)
- CVS (concurrent versions system)
- HTML tutorial
C++ Tools and Documentation
- Instructions for installing C++ for Eclipse
- C++ Tutorial
- C++ FAQ (lite)
- C++Doc (sort of)
- C++ Resources
- Tools for automatically generating HTML documentation based on your comments in your header files
Java Tools and Documentation
- An online tutorial is available from Sun
- Java API (java classes) and other documentation from Sun
- Java FAQ
- Source code for Java 1.5
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Java for C++ programmers
- Comparing C++ and Java by Bruce Eckel
- Java for C++ programmers by Peter Baeumle-Courth
- Java Tutorial for C++ programmers class notes by Prof. Marvin Solomon at University of Wisconsin
- Java vs. C++ reprinted from C++ Report, January 1997
Specific to Duke
- OIT Help Desk (684-2200)
- OIT On-Line Help Page
- General help with acpub.
- Introduction to the Public
Unix Clusters at Duke
Note, this manual is also available at the Gothic bookstore
