Software for Java courses

The CD used in the Java courses at DTU contains the following software:

• Acroread-5.0.5 : Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. With Acrobat Reader, you can also fill in and submit Adobe PDF forms online.
  
• BlueJ-1.2.1 : BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically designed for introductory teaching.
  
• Cygwin : Is an GNU Unix environment for Windows. This package includes the great editor 'XEmacs' and at LOT of usefull tools. A special package af Cygwin has been created, for more information, see here.
  
• GhostView-4.3 : GhostView and GhostScript are both used to display postscript files. GhostView is the viewer and GhostScript is the interpreter. GhostView and GhostScript are included in every standard Linux distribution.
  
• Java2-SDK-1.4 : Sun's version af the Java2 develoment kit and documentation.
  
• JZip-1.0.0.192 : A free WinZip clone for Windows. The Linux equivalent for ZIP files is called zip/unzip.
  
• MiKTeX-2.2 : MiKTEX (pronounced mick-tech) is an up-to-date implementation of TEX and related programs for Windows (all current variants) on x86 systems. TEX is a typesetting system invented by D. E. Knuth. TeX are included in every standard Linux distribution.
  
• Netbeans-3.3.2 : NetBeans is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), written in Java. It currently has support for Java, but its architecture lends itself to supporting other languages as well.
  
• OpenOffice-1.0.1 : OpenOffice is an free open-source office suite. Includes word processor spreadsheet and a presentation program.
  
• SSH/OpenSSH/Putty : A free SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. SSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, SSH provides a myriad of secure tunneling capabilities, as well as a variety of authentication methods.