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4)... University Computer Science Course Sites

5)... The Best Suggested Sites from Website Users

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8)... Question of the Month about Technical Training

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1) Editor's Greeting:

Hello everyone, and welcome to our new subscribers!

This is the October 2006 issue (#60) of our free monthly newsletter for Computer IT Education, Training, & Tutorial Resources providing you with the latest Free online IT Training Resources that we have recently discovered and researched. This newsletter is free to anyone subscribing (instructions at bottom, no username/password is needed). To access our member site, however, you do need a user name and password - registering as a member of Intelligentedu.com costs $15 for two months, for more information please see Become a Member of Intelligentedu.com.

My desire is that these free resources will help you with your computer education and training and are tools to advance your IT career. Our main mission is the training of those less fortunate who are seeking to become computer literate, both technically and from a user's perspective. 

In this issue we describe and link to a total of 68 computer, IT and programming learning and tutorial web sites. By means of this email newsletter, you have knowledge of and access to these sites before our web site visitors do.


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2) The Best New Free I.T. Training & Tutorial Sites:

This section of our newsletter contains the best new free IT training and tutorial sites that we have found and researched in the last few weeks. These resources will be added to our Free IT Training & Courses page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat1.html, our Free IT Tutorials and Guides page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat2.html, or to our members' site.

 

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  Web Development:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/web+programming.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/web+development+tutorial.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/web+tutorial.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/css.html

  Java Learning Resources:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/java+tutorial.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/java+2.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/java+servlets.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/j2ee+tutorial.html

  Linux Tutorials:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/linux.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/linux+tutorials.html 
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/linux+programming.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/linux+.html

  XML Tutorials:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/xml.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/xml+tutorials.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/xslt.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/xsl+tutorial.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/xpath.html

  C++ Tutorials:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/c++-tutorials.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/c++.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/c++-programming.html

  A+ Tutorials and free practice questions: 
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/a+.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/comptia+a+.html 
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/comptia+a+-study+guides.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/a+-tutorials.html

  iNet+ Tutorials:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/inet+.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/i-net+.html

  Network+ Tutorials:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/network+.html

  MCSE preparation:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/mcse.html  
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-290.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-291.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-293.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-294.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-296.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/70-297.html

  .Net:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/dotnet.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/dot-net.html 
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/dotnet+tutorials.html

  C#:
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/c#.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/csharp.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/c#+tutorial.html
  http://www.edcomp.com/results/csharp+tutorial.html

  Windows 2003:
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  http://www.edcomp.com/results/windows+server+2003.html

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Intelligentedu Online Library of Training Courses

This is another one of our new Free training and tutorial sites, providing over 450 free online IT tutorials. Tutorials range from entry level training on using word processors through to advanced techniques in programming, web development, database design, and network routing. In-depth courses are also available at low cost.

 


Best Eclipse Tutorials and Videos on the Web

Eclipse is a general purpose professional open source IDE (integrated development environment) for programming and application development. It is primarily used with the Java programming language and is becoming the most popular Java development environment and IDE. I have spent some time searching the Internet for the best Eclipse tutorials and learning materials available for no cost. Here are my selections, categorized between the Best Video Eclipse Tutorials and the Best Eclipse Tutorials. Many of these will show and teach you how to install and start programming immediately using Java and Eclipse.

 


Mozilla Developer Center: Web Dev Tutorials, References and Docs

The Mozilla Developer Center (MDC) provides valuable and comprehensive resources for building Web sites and Web applications. It also features technical information for developers who are targeting support for upcoming releases of Firefox, as well as resources for developing Firefox-specific Extensions and plug-ins. MDC aims to deliver higher quality documentation and greater usability through the same open and collaborative framework that has made the Firefox Web browser successful.

MDC's content and resources - ranging from introductory tutorials and educational materials through comprehensive reference documentation on open web standards - are provided by hundreds of individual contributors from around the world. MDC hosts a growing library of tutorials, articles, references, and technical documentation, covering topics such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Here are all of the Mozilla Developer Center Categories.


Technologies


Extensions:


Learn how to manipulate XML with the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox, and the basics of XML parsing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and XSLT stylesheet invocation.

 


C++ to Java Transition Tutorial

This online Java Tutorial is designed for C++ developers making the transition to Java. While it is generally assumed that the two languages are very similar, the tutorial will show you a number of differences in style that you must understand to be an effective Java developer. Through the lab exercises, you will also see how Java simplifies the programming model. Java keeps much of the power of C++ while eliminating language constructs that often encourage subtle bugs. Free registration is required to access this course.

There are three ways to use this tutorial:

 


Best XML Tutorials from TopXML

TopXML covers all uses of XML in many computer languages supprting XML, and provides working XML sample code, XML tutorials and XML-related references, authoring tools, XML developer resources, XML discussion forums and XML blogs. These are their best XML tutorials that will help you to get started with learning what XML is used for and how to code XML. These can also be used as a refresher to hone and increase your XML skills.

 


XML Tutorial Course

This is web-based XML tutorial course that teaches the history of markup languages, the evolving family of XML technologies, and the basics of XML syntax. It is geared specifically towards the programmer who needs a quick introduction to XML technology before diving into the complexity that lurks beneath the surface of the various XML specifications. It introduces programmers to the past, present, and future of XML technology in an interactive, tutorial-based fashion. Free registration is required to access this course.

After successfully completing this tutorial, you should understand:

 


JavaScript Tutorials and Workshops

JavaScript is a simple, relatively easy to use programming language for Web pages. It gives you a way to add interactivity to your Web pages. With JavaScript you can transform your Web pages from static displays to pages that react to and process information from those who view your pages. JavaScript does not require a lot of programming skill on your part to get started. You can pick up the basics of JavaScript in a short time.

Why Use JavaScript

These JavaScript Tutorials and Workshops, from West Virginia University, will teach you more on how to code features into web pages using JavaScript. The JavaScript tutorials and workshops contain illustrated explanations and examples of the concepts being taught, followed by detailed learning activities.

 


Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial and Slides

The following CSS Tutorial Workshop and Slide Presentation, from West Virginia University, will teach you more on how to use and code web Style Sheets. The CSS workshop contains illustrated explanations and examples of the concepts being taught, followed by detailed learning activities.

 


Introduction and Intermediate HTML Workshop Tutorials

Here are two HTML workshop tutorials (Introduction and Intermediate), from West Virginia University. They review the HTML tags, give you an explanation of the tag, and show you how it appears on a web page. The introduction handout shows basic HTML topics such as paragraph and heading tags, lists, special characters, inserting hyperlinks, and images. The intermediate HTML handout covers colors, backgrounds, fonts, horiztonal rules, lists, tables, forms, frames, and meta tags.

 


Free Training for SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. Its primary query language is Transact-SQL, an implementation of the ANSI/ISO standard Structured Query Language (SQL). SQL Server 2005, the latest version, provides a single management console for anywhere administration, and an extensible management infrastructure that can be easily programmed using SQL Management Objects.

The following are five great Free Training web resources for learning how to use and administer Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

SQL Server 2005 Samples and Sample Databases:
Here are over 100 code samples for SQL Server 2005, along with three sample databases. While targeted at beginners, even expert programmers will find these useful.

Five Free SQL Server 2005 Video Tutorials
LearnSqlServer.com has made available five free video tutorials on SQL Server 2005. They make available several free SQL Server training videos at any given time for different skill levels ("100" for beginners, "500" for guru-level), and each month rotate these so you can see more of their training for free.

SQL Server 2005 SP1 CTP Available for Download
SQL Server Express users will gain Reporting Services and FullText Search with the first service pack for SQL Server 2005. This article gives a detailed, illustrated description of the first Community Technical Preview of SQL Server 2005 SP1, which updates all editions and online books.

SQL Server 2005 for the Database Developer
This technical article explains and describes many of the new features in SQL Server 2005. It covers topics such as Choosing between Transact-SQL and managed code, Web services, ADO.NET and ADO.NET notification support.

SQL Server Chapters and Articles
Learn how to take full advantage of SQL Server 2005's key innovations with these free book chapters and articles from awprofessional.com.

 


C# Tutorial Course

This C# (CSharp) Tutorial Course consists of a comprehensive review and demonstration of the main components of the C# language, along with a review of software application development in .NET (dotNET). It provides you with lab exercises with solutions, and online quizzes. This free online C# course is a comprehensive tour of C#, which is one of the primary languages used to develop applications for the Microsoft .NET platform. It is written for experienced programmers who have no C# or .NET experience. The tutorial begins with an brief overview of software development in .NET. It then turns to the core of the C# language, covering basic topics and object-oriented language features. Free registration is required to access this course.
 

 


 

3) New Free Computer IT Books, Publications & Book Sites:

Some of these web resources will be added to our Free IT Books page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/free_computer_books.html and some will be added to our members site. 



Freely Available Books and Ebooks from ianzag.megasignal.com

This site repository hosts several freely available books and ebooks covering the following areas and topics: Algorithms, BSD, C++, CORBA, DOS, Hardware, LDAP, Linux, Mobile, Network, OpenGL, SQL, Security, Unix, Windows, X Window System, and XML. The Development folder contains books and ebooks for these topics: Application and System Design, Software Architecture, Compilers, Design Patterns, Debugging, Embedded Systems Design, Error Handling, Extreme Programming, Game Development, UML, Software Development Methods and Tools, Object-Oriented Design, Parsing Techniques, and Refactoring.

 


Web Programming Ebooks

Here are some great, freely available ebooks covering web programming and development, provided by Ebooks.sudeep.net.np
Beginning POJOs
Beginning POJOs introduces you to open source lightweight web development using Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and the tools and frameworks that enable this.

PHP XML and Web Services
An expert guide to using the XML features of PHP 5 and PHP 6. First get introduced to the XML concepts required for proficiency. Then, learn about how to use use XML and Web Services with PHP 5. Topics include DOM, SimpleXML, SAX, xmlReader, XSLT, RDF, RSS, WDDX, XML-RPC, REST, SOAP, and UDDI.

Ruby book
A comprehensive problem-solving guide to a hot programming language. Provides hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and thousands of lines of code you can use in your own projects.

Ruby on Rails
With Ruby on Rails, full featured web applications that once took weeks to code are now able to be developed in literally days.

ASP.NET 2.0
A practical introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web programming, giving you actual working code to build the most popular types of applications on the Web.

 


15 Ebooks for C++, C#, VB.Net, and Visual Studio

 Here are 15 programming ebooks that will help you learn or become a better programmer for the following languages and frameworks: ANSI C++, Visual C++, C# (csharp), C++ Building, Visual Basic .Net, .Net, Visual Studio.

 


SQL Server 2005 Books Online

Here you can download a complete and updated set of Microsoft's Free Books Online for SQL Server 2005. These free books contain the primary documentation for SQL Server 2005. This 2006 update to SQL Server 2005 Books Online contains new material and documentation updates. Topics with significant updates have a Change History table at the bottom of the topic that summarizes the changes.

SQL Server 2005 Books Online includes the following types of information:

 


Linux Client Migration Cookbook - Version 2

The 2nd version of IBM's Linux Client Migration Cookbook has just been published and is now available as a pdf download. This free book includes some technical “how to”, but the overall focus of the content is to walk through the important considerations and planning issues you could encounter during a migration project of migrating Windows clients to Linux clients. Within the context of a pre-existing Microsoft Windows-based environment, a more holistic, end-to-end view of the technical challenges and methods necessary to complete a successful migration to Linux-based clients is presented.

 


Free Algorithms Book

 This free book, named Algorithms, contains algorithm topics carefully selected and clustered. Instead of dwelling on formal proofs the authors distill in each case the crisp mathematical idea that makes the algorithm work. In other words, they emphasize rigor over formalism. Each chapter is a pdf file, and the whole book is also available as a pdf.


 



4) University Computer Science Course Sites Free to Browse and Study:

These web sites will be added to our Free University IT Course Webs page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat3.html


 Free Webcast Courses from U of Cal Berkeley

The University of California at Berkeley provides many lectures and live recorded sessions of their technical classes in freely available webcast (video and audio) and podcast (audio) formats. The topics of these courses vary from operating systems, to data and machine structures, to miicroelectronic circuits, and more, as you can see from the links to each class below. You can also check out all of their archived seminars from previous years, which as a whole, really give you a great deal of free course content to choose and learn from.

Course Topicwebcastpodcast
Operating Systems and Systems Programming
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The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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Data Structures
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Machine Structures
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Macroeconomic Analysis
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Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
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Digital Signal Processing
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Structure and Interpretation of Systems and Signals
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Analysis and Design of VLSI Analog-Digital Interface Integrated C
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Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits
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Introduction to Computers
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Special Topics in Information Management and Systems
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Open Source Development and Distribution of Digital Information: Technical, Economic, Social, and Legal Perspectives
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History of Information
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5) The Best Suggested Sites from our Website Users - Every month we feature the best suggested IT training and tutorial sites from our website visitors. Here are this month's sites: 



Freely Available Ebooks at EBookism

This user submitted site, EBookism.net, links to many technical, I.T., and computer science books. It covers many areas of Information Technology, including Web Design, Programming, Graphic, Database, Software Engineering, Operating System, Security, Network, Solutions & Services, Management, Teleommunication. Popular areas include the following: C#, Security, PHP, Flash, Photoshop, AJAX, SQL Server, C C++, Java, Windows, ASP ASP.NET, Network, Dot NET, J2EE, Dreamweaver.

Topics Covered by Ebooks


Most Popular Areas

 


Free Oracle Appications Training Blog

Here is a user submitted website, a free training and tutorial blog for Oracle Applications, containing real life implementation examples. Its training content is presented in both video and screen-shot formats.
Financials
Technology
HR Suite

 

 


6) New Computer & IT Training & Tutorial Link & Resource Sites:

These web sites will be added to our IT Links and Resources page at http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat6.html 


Cheat Sheets and References

This site contains many excellent links to cheat sheets covering lots of technical topics and development areas.
Cheat Sheet Sites

Characters & Colors

Web Developer Cheat Sheets

Programmer Cheat Sheets

Miscellaneous Cheat Sheets

Other References and Files




7) I.T. Sites and Free Downloads Worth Mentioning: 



RegmagiK 3.26.4

RegMagik is a fast and sleek registry editor with a number of nice advantages. It provides an excellent in-pane search results display, with sortable columns. It has a convenient bookmarks system, with drag and drop support to your desktop. Its forward and back keys make navigation quick; and the whole registry editing process is simplified by its display of only those sub-branches accessed during a current session. Its most special feature, found nowhere else, is its GUID jump capability. When a value contains a GUID, RegMagik can auto-jump to its correspondent definition key. Download (379 kB)

 


Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

Kerio Personal Firewall is a small and easy to use system designed for protecting a personal computer against hacker attacks and data leaks. It is based on the ICSA certified technology used in the WinRoute firewall. The firewall itself runs as a background service, using a special low-level driver loaded into the system kernel. This driver is placed at the lowest possible level above the network hardware drivers. Therefore, it has absolute control over all passing packets and is able to ensure complete protection of the system it is installed on. Download (2018 kB)

 


Backup4all 1.3.0

Backup4all is a powerful backup utility, providing an intuitive interface to help you define customized backup configurations. It allows you to setup powerful file filters and schedulers. You can set up multiple backups and schedule them any way you like. Once a backup is performed, you can see what files have been changed since last backup using the tree view mode or you can read the statistics for next backup execution. You can easily restore any version of files and also filter files to restore. Backup4all works with mapped network drives and UNC paths. Download (2134 kB)

 


Ram Idle 4.5

RAM Idle is a free memory management program that is designed for Windows. With an easy to use interface, RAM Idle enables your applications to load faster and more responsively by making more physical memory available for the system. Use it to free up a selected amount of physical memory when the minimum level is reached or at a regular interval, or free up the physical memory manually as needed. When you run RAM Idle for the first time, it will find and define the recommended levels for your system, but you can also specify these manually to find the best settings for your system. The program can display free memory in the try icon in bytes and percentage. Download (619 kB)

 


X-Setup

X-Setup 6.6 (last freeware version)
OS: Win95/98/Me/NT/XP/2000
Allows you to easily change your Window's settings that are normally deeply hidden. There are many hidden settings in Windows that you normally cannot change. X-Setup knows more than 1.600 of these settings and displays them in an easy to use interface. Simply choose what you want to tweak, select the setting in question, make your change and hit the 'Apply' button. Download (4651 kB)



8) Question of the Month about Technical Training:

Each month Scott Turton will answer a current or important question that we have received about computer and IT training and career development.


October 2006 Question of the Month: 

How do Windows Media Center and Linux Myth compare to one another for a home TV and theater system? Which technology is better?


Answer:
There are two basic ways to set up a deploy a Personal Video Recorder (PVR): 1) via a dedicated hardware unit, such as a DVR, Tivo, or ReplayTV; or 2) through a software computer-based PVR that runs on your home or dedicated media computer, like Windows Media Center Edition and MythTV. If you have dedided to go the home or dedicated media computer route using Windows Media Center or MythTV, here are some details you will want to know and understand.

Microsoft provides lots of information and instructions on how to setup, get started, and how to use advanced features of Windows Media Center Edition. Generally, its very detailed and takes a good amount of perserverance and technical know-how to accomplish this on your own. This article shows you how to build a do-it-yourself version of Windows Media Center Edition using the best components at the lowest prices. Its goes into what you need to know to set this up on your own and is a little easier to follow than Microsoft's instructions, though it doesn't have its depth of knowledge.

This multi-part article examines the depth and scope of MythTV's capabilities. It states, "At its core, MythTV is a digital video recording solution composed of several modular components that facilitate time-stretched manipulation of live television feeds, but it's really much more than that." Here is another article that provides links to MythTV versions for specific platforms.

MythTV is a GPL licensed suite of programs that allow you to build the mythical home media convergence box on your own using Open Source software and operating systems. MythTV is known to work on Linux and Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It does not run on Windows.

MythTV has a number of capabilities. The television portion allows you to do the following:
Other modules in MythTV include the following:
I believe the bottom line is MythTV is more configurable and offers greater flexibility than Windows Media Center Edition. On the other hand, once setup correctly and running, Windows Media Center Edition provides a quality entertainment solution with several features to choose from and use.

I hope this help you.

Scott Turton
Site Editor
http://www.intelligentedu.com




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The total price to join our member's site is only $15.00 total for 2 months, $25 for 4 months, $34 for 6 months, or $59 for a whole year. The funds generated will assist us to help all those seeking IT education and application development training. Here's the link to see what's available on our member's site and to sign up: <http://www.intelligentedu.com/sign-up/index.html>. You can email Scott Turton with questions at scott_turton@intelligentedu.com.

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7. Six Great e-Books (a $120 value) to help you Make Money using the Internet
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