Software

Development Environment
(all software is free)

Eclipse

 * Eclipse - Java IDE (www)
 * Eclipse Web Tools Platform - J2EE development now part of Eclipse
 * Sysdeo Tomcat - Eclispe Plug-in: Tomcat Launcher
 * Subversive - Subversion (SVN) integration Update site
 * Subclipse - Alternate subversion integration Update site
 * Aptana RadRails- Ruby on rails Update site
 * Freemarker - Freemarker via JBoss
 * JD-Eclipse - Java Decomplier - Update site
 * Colorer take5 - a syntax highlighting and text parsing library, that provides services of text parsing in host editor systems in real-time and transforming results into colored text. Update site

Other IDEs

 * Netbeans - www
 * IntelliJ - www - Now my preferred IDE

Checkout and build

 * Ant - Java-based build tool
 * CVS - Concurrent Versions System
 * TortoiseSVN - SVN Client
 * TortoiseGit - GIT Client
 * msysgit - needed by tortoise git

Compile

 * Java - Programming Language
 * Jad - Java class file decomplier Update as of 1.5.6 no longer free for commercial use. Update original website no longer available
 * JD-Eclipse - Java Decomplier
 * JD-GUI - Java decompiler with GUI (PC+mac )

Website Development
(all software is free)

Infrastructure

 * Apache - HTTP Web Server
 * Apache Tomcat - JSP servlet container
 * mySql - Lightwight database
 * MySQL Workbench - MySQL Workbench is a cross-platform, visual database design tool developed by MySQL.
 * Toad for mySql - Toad is a powerful, low-overhead tool that makes database and application development faster and easier and simplifies day-to-day administration tasks.
 * PostgreSQL - powerful, open source object-relational database system.
 * SQuirreL SQL client - A Sql client that works with Db2. (PC+mac).
 * Jakarta Commons - Loads of useful libraries
 * Webalizer - Web server log analysis.

Presentation

 * Gallery - Web based photo album.
 * phpBB - Feature rich message board.
 * MoveableType - Blog publishing system
 * MediaWiki - Wiki system. preferred
 * Restrict Pages - A patch to allow wiki pages to be restricted.
 * Parser functions - Allows 'if' tests. Update This extension is bundled with MediaWiki 1.18 and above
 * Syntax highlight - Easy way to syntax highlight code inside mediawiki.
 * JamWiki - Java based wiki which attempts to feature match media wiki.

IE

 * Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages.
 * ieHTTPHeaders display the HTTP Headers sent and received by Internet Explorer

Firefox

 * See Firefox


 * Firebug edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page
 * Web Developer various web developer tools
 * LiveHTTPHeaders HTTP headers
 * Screengrab! screen capture tool for Firefox
 * Fireshot FireShot is a extension for Firefox and Internet Explorer that captures, edits, annotates, organizes, exports and prints screenshots of your web pages.
 * Selenium Web application testing system.

VM and Linux
(all software is free)
 * VMPlayer 3 VM Player Download without registration
 * VM images VM's of free OS's
 * Linux on Windows
 * Cygwin/X X-Windows server for windows

Productivity Tools

 * Winkey - Windows Key Mapper (Freeware). Update As of July 14, 2005; no longer available from the website. Does not work properly in Vista.
 * HotKeyBind. An alternative tool for binding hot keys, not as nice as Winkey, but works.
 * SSH - SSH Client (free for non-commercial use). Update Lastest version is not free, use v3.2.9. preferred
 * Putty - SSH client; in beta (Freeware)
 * FileZilla - free FTP solution (Freeware).
 * Cyberduck - free FTP/SFTP + other protocols (Freeware)(PC+Mac)
 * SmartFTP - FTP Client (free for non-commercial use). Update since July 2008; no longer free.
 * 4NT - Powerful command line prompt/tool for windows (Shareware). preferred this product is no longer available
 * TCC-LE A free cmd tool be the same company that produced 4NT, it is very close to the feature set of 4NT, recommend you use this with UnxUtils.
 * UnxUtils - GNU utilities for Win32, to replace missing calls from free version of TCC-LE
 * Tight VNC - VNC server and client (Freeware).
 * TaskInfo - Process task manager and system information. (as of v10 Free for personal non-commercial use ). preferred
 * Process Explorer - Process explorer from Microsoft sysinternals (Freeware)
 * Window 8 Task Manager seems good enough
 * Wireshark - Network protocol analyzer (Freeware)
 * Nmap - Network exploration (inc. port scanning) (Freeware).
 * EditPlus - Advanced Text editor (syntax colouring etc) (Shareware). preferred
 * Notepad++ - Improved Text editor (Freeware-GPL).
 * Text Wrangler - Text editor (Freeware) (Mac)
 * Winzip - Zip tool (Commercial)
 * 7-zip - Free file archiver with a high compression ratio (Freeware)
 * IZArc - Freeware archive utility (Freeware)
 * Windows 7+ inbuilt unzipper seems good enough.

Multimedia Software

 * Paint Shop Pro - Cheap graphics software (shareware)
 * GIMP - GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program (Freeware) I really do not like it.
 * Quicktime - Movie creation software (free, with a commerical "pro" version).
 * VLC media player - VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats
 * Windows 7+ inbuilt movie player seems good enough.
 * Lightshot - A free lightweight screenshot tool (Freeware). preferred

Downloading Software

 * GetRight - Download manager and accelerator software (shareware).
 * Azureus - BitTorrent client (free). Update now called Vuze

I no longer use any download helper software.

Backup software

 * Retrospect - local back-up
 * Mozy - remote back-up - 2gb free
 * MyPhone - online Windows mobile back-up and "review" service service no longer available.

Cloud storage

 * Skydrive 7gb free (25gb for existing users like me) preferred
 * Dropbox 2gb free
 * Google drive 5gb free Google docs do not count to your space usage
 * Sugarsync 5gb free never used
 * Soocial Cloud based storage for contacts; free for 250 contacts and 3 sources (e.g. outlook + gmail)
 * Amazon cloud player Cloud based music player. 250 songs for free. Amazon purchases do not count against the storage limit.
 * Amazon cloud drive Web based cloud drive. 5Gb free.
 * Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off

Web mail

 * Gmail Googles mail offering.
 * Outlook Microsofts mail. Has rules for deleting.

Windows 8 Phone

 * Integrates wonderfully with Microsoft's online suite at live.com.
 * Wiztiles - This application lets you create custom tiles.
 * Paper Shuffle - Paper Shuffle lets you choose your own personal photos and uses them to change your wallpaper from every hour to every day