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Java Compilers	Sun (for Windows and Linux) Apple (for Macs)	Java Interactive Development Environments (IDEs)	Eclipse BlueJ JCreator TextPad (Not a true IDE. A simple text editor with the ability to compile and run Java programs.)
Java Tutorials	The Sun Java Tutorial. Especially useful is the getting started page.  Here is a link to the Windows Page, Unix and Linux page, and the Mac Page. Java Lecture Notes. An online Java course with copious notes Java Ranch, "A Friendly Place for Java Greenhorns." A good site with lots of Java information for beginners. A compilation of Java Resources by Bruce Eckel.	References: Java and Data Structures	The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures.  The Java API (Documentation for the standard library.) The Java Language Specification
References: General	Wikipedia Project Gutenberg Kevin's Word List Page	Tools	JAR: Sun's page for the JAR utility JAR: My notes for using JAR Pair Programming MOSS
Organizations	ACM IEEE UT ACM	Borderline Irrelevant	The Hackers Dictionary. Where do the terms foo and RTM come from? Click to get to the frames version of the entries. A family tree of programming languages. How many different programming languages are there? One humorous example based on printing out the lyrics to the school bus favorite, 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. What time is it? Check with the United States Naval Observatory. Random Numbers: Need some real random numbers? Try HotBits ,which generates random numbers based on the radioactive decay of material, or LavaRND, which uses Lava lamps.! How do you ask good questions? Get one man's opinion. (Please note, contains some colorful language.) RGB Colors: A simple applet to show colors in based on RGB values. Set: Play the logic game, SET.