CSIL Windows Course Software
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The following is a list of links to documentation detailing some of the Windows based software available in CSIL.
If you want to get extra software installed, please contact your instructor.
Commonly Used Applications
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| Adobe Reader X | 10.1.3 | view PDF files | (http://www.adobe.com) |
| Adobe Flash Player | 11.x | playing online Flash contents | free plug-in for IE, Firefox (http://www.adobe.com) |
| FileZilla FTP Client | 3.4.0 | all-purpose file transfer tool | freeware (http://filezilla-project.org) |
| SSH Client / SSH File Transfer Client | 3.2.9 build 283 | access Linux/Unix hosts, transfer files | free for acddemic use (http://www.ssh.com) |
| Mozilla Firefox | 12.0.0 | web browsing | freeware (http://www.firefox.com) |
| Google Chrome | 12.0.742.112, Enterpsise edition | web browssing | freeware(http://www.google.com) |
| Trend Micro OfficeScane | Anti-Malware | ||
| GhostScript | GPL 8.71 | modify postscript files | freeware (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost) |
| PDFill | virtual printer to generate PDF | freeware (http://www.pdfill.com) | |
| WinRAR | 64bit; 4.11 |
archiving/compressing | SFU site license (http://www.rarlab.com) how to create ZIP file |
| Notepad++ | 5.6.0.0 | editing source codes | freeware (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net) |
| GIMP | 2.6.11 | manipulating images | freeware (http://www.gimp.org) |
| Office 2010 | Word, Excel, Powerpoint | SFU site license (http://www.microsoft.com) | |
| Office Visio 2003 | sp3 | flowcharts, UML | MSDNAA license (http://www.microsoft.com ) |
| Office Project 2003 | sp3 | source code control | MSDNAA license (http://www.microsoft.com ) |
| ultraVNC Viewer | 1.0.8.2 | connecting to VNC servers | free (http://www.uvnc.com) |
| Xmind | 3.1.1 | brain storming tool | free (http://www.xmind.com) |
| NX Client for Windows | for connecting Linux Terminal Server | free (http://www.nomachine.com) |
Development Tools
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate | SP1 | VB2010, VC2010, VC#2010 | MSDNAA license (http://www.microsoft.com) |
| Java 2 SDK | 32bit; Standard Edition 1.7.0_3 | Java Development Kit, command line tool | free (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase) |
| Jcreator | LE 5.00.008 | Java IDE | free (http://www.jcreator.com) |
| NetBeans | 7.1.1 Java SE | Java IDE | free (http://www.netbeans.org) |
| NetBeans for C++ | 7.1.1 for C++ | C++ IDE | free (http://www.netbeans.org) |
| Eclipse Classic | v3.7.1 | Java IDE | free (http://www.eclipse.org) |
| Eclipse for C++ | v3.7.1 for C++ | C++ IDE | free (http://www.eclipse.org) |
| Cygwin | 1.7.10 | Linux Environment (for Eclipse and Netbeans) | free (http://www.cygwin.com) |
| Python | 32bit; 2.7.2 | programming | freeware (http://www.python.org) |
| Matlab | 64bit; R2011b | Matlab, Compiler, Image_Toolbox, Wavelet_Toolbox, Symbolic_Toolbox | licensed (http://www.mathworks.com) |
| Racket | 5.1 | programming language | free (http://www.plt-scheme.org) |
| wxWidgets | 2.8.11 | GUI tools for GTK | freeware (http://www.wxwidgets.org) |
| CodeBlocks | 10.05 | free C++ IDE | free (http://www.codeblocks.org) |
Multimedia Applications
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| DirectX SDK | June 2010 | DirectX development | free SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/directx) |
| OpenGL Tools | 1.3 | GLUT (3.7.6), GLUI (Release 2.35) | free (http://www.opengl.org) (program in CSIL) |
| Java OpenGL Libraries | C:\Program Files\java\jogl (https://jogl.dev.java.net/) | ||
| VirtualDub | 1.9.7 | video processing | freeware (http://www.virtualdub.org) |
| K-Lite Codec Pack | 7.7.0 | video codecs | freeware (http://www.free-codecs.com |
| OpenCV | 2.2 | computer vision libraries | free (http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/) |
| Media Player Classic | 6.4.9.1 | part of K-Lite codec pack | freeware (http://www.free-codecs.com) |
| Audacity | 1.2.6 | Audio processing tool | freeware (official site) |
| Avidemux | 2.5.3 | video processing | freeware (official site) |
| Wax | 2.0 | video processing | freeware (official site) |
| Graphviz | 2.26.3 | graph visualization | freeware (official site) |
| Inkscape | 0.47-3 | freeware (official site) | |
| Adobe Photoshop | 7.0 | licensed (official site), on front two rows of computers in ASB9804 | |
| Adobe Premiere | Pro | licensed (official site), on front two rows of computers in ASB9804 | |
| Adobe Illustrator | 10.0 | licensed (official site), on front two rows of computers in ASB9804 | |
| Adobe After Effects | 6.0 | licensed (official site), on front two rows of computers in ASB9804 | |
| Adobe Audition | 1.0 | licensed (official site), on front two rows of computers in ASB9804 | |
| Cakewalk Pro Audio | 7.0 | licensed | |
| Anvil Studio | 2011 | midi tool | freeware (official site) |
Software Engineering Applications
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| Visual SourceSafe | 2005 | MSDNAA license (http://www.microsoft.com) | |
| Tigris.org Tortoise SVN | 64bit; 1.7.6.22632 | version control client | freeware (http://tortoisesvn.Tigris.org) |
| Construx Estimate | 2.0 | (http://www.construx.com) |
Database Application and Libraries
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| SQL Server 2008 R2 | client | MSDNAA license (http://www.microsoft.com) | |
| SQL Server 2008 JDBC Driver | 3.0 | jdbc | free (http://www.microsoft.com) (program in CSIL) |
| jTDS | 1.2.5 | jdbc | free (http://jtds.sourceforge.net) (program in CSIL) |
Computer Systems and Hardware
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| DesignWorks | 4.3.x | licensed. The LogicWorks 5 comes with the textbook has same functionalities (http://www.capilano.com) | |
| DesignWorks | 5.10 | licensed. (http://www.capilano.com) | |
| Freescale CodeWarrior for Motorola HC12 development bundle | 5.1 special edition | HC12 assembler, simulator | This application is not avaialbe on the CSIL terminal server due to license restrictions. (http://www.freescale.com). You may get special edition for your laptop fro our software repository server. |
| VHDL Simili | 3.1 Build#16 | free edition. (http://www.symphonyeda.com) |
Symbolic Computing
| Name | Version | Description | Reference |
| Small LISP | Lisp | CS home made, under XP Mode only | |
| WinHugs | Haskell | free (http://www.haskell.org) | |
| Hyprolog | sp4 | prolog | |
| SICStus | vc9 | prolog | |
| NuSMV | 2.5.2 | free (http://www.nusmv.fbk.eu) |
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Last updated @ 2012.05.04