CS 453 - Resources etc.

Don't forget the Virtual Labs (see link above).

JavaScript etc.

• Tutorials at http://www.w3schools.com/js/
• E-Books available in UVa's Safari on-line library: http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/search
      From off-grounds, you need UVaAnywhere-Lite WebVPN (Setup Info), (Use it!)
• http://www.javascript.com
• SciTE, a text editor (not an IDE) that does syntax highlighting for several languages including JavaScript. The single-file version (Sc1.exe) weighs in at about 400K. It's a very nice step up from Notepad and the like when doing JavaScript. I hear that the editing component in SciTE (Scintilla) is what Adobe has adopted for their internal editor in their CS3 product.
• Aptana: an IDE for JavaScript etc. http://www.aptana.com

Scripting Languages and Related Topics

• Perl: main site
• PHP: see "software bundle below"
• Tutorials on CGI programming: NCSA tutorial. Other recommendations? Email me!

Software Bundle: Apache, MySQL and PHP

See wikipedia article on LAMP for background.

• MAMP for Mac OS X
• Wampserver for Windows
  • If Apache doesn't start (check the tray icon), then it may be that Microsoft IIS is already running on port 80. You can check this from the WAMP icon: Apache->Test Port 80. If this is the problem, use Windows Control Panel to get to Services and hit "Stop" for IIS. See this link for details.