Software Sources:

• Telnet Client
  A program to allow you to "log on" to another system
  I use Tera Term Pro on my Windows computer. It can be found using any search engine. It doesn't modify the system registry nor add any dll's to the system. As an added bonus it's free. Tera Term Pro is available as a link from my Website. Look under C/IL 102 and then Resources. If you have a macintosh, telnet is built in to the system and is accessible from the terminal.app in the utilities folder within Applications.
• FTP Client
  A program to allow you to publish files to web sites by copying the files from your computer to the web host
  There are many programs for Windows that can be used for this purpose. I currently use Core FTP lite. It is available from my Web Site using the same link as above. A more recent version can be obtained from their Web Site. If you use a macintosh, you can google fetch. It is 35 dollars but free for educational use.
• Compression Software
  A program which can compress or uncompress files. There are a wide variety of compression formats but the most common one is zip. There are many competing programs for performing this task and both Windows XP and Vista have this capability built in. For the macintosh, stuffit performs approximately the same set of tasks and the watered down version (all that you'll need) is free.
• Instant Messaging
  Allows you to chat with one or more people in real time. The downside is that all the participants must use the same client program. I use the AOL version and recommend it. My Screen Name is DrJamesSidbury. On my macintosh I use a program called adium which can be configured to use AIM.
• Internet Connectivity Tool
  A program that lets you ping other machines, lookup IP or domain addresses if you know the other or traceroute paths from one computer to another one. All of these features are available in windows from a DOS prompt but there is a nice program called TJPing that is free and easy to install and use. It's available on most download sites and from http://www.topjimmy.net/. It imports no system dll's nor messes with the registry. Network Utility.app is available on the macintosh in the utilities folder.
• HTML Editor
  A program specifically designed to write HTML code. Notepad is quite acceptable for writing web pages and probably should be used for the first few pages that you write to enable you to become familiar with the HTML language. I also use Notepad++ to write code. TextWrangler is similar to Notepad++ and is available for the macintosh. I do NOT recommend Word or other word processing software for writing web pages. We will use DreamWeaver in this course since it is the industry standard as well as a standard text editor. Dreamweaver is available at an educational price of 189 dollars.