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<para>
Topics covered in this section include:
<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="proggeneral"> General</member>
<member><xref linkend="progcompilers"> Compilers</member>
<member><xref linkend="proglang"> Languages</member>
<member><xref linkend="proglib"> Libraries</member>
<member><xref linkend="proginterface"> Interfaces / API / Protocols</member>
<member><xref linkend="progsecurity"> Security</member>
<member><xref linkend="progtools"> Tools</member>
<member><xref linkend="progvc"> Version Control</member>
<member><xref linkend="progdbms"> DBMS</member>
<member><xref linkend="progmisc"> Miscellaneous</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<sect2 id="proggeneral">
<title>General</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-Building-HOWTO.html">
Software-Building-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 1999</CiteTitle>.
A comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX
software distributions under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/index.html">
Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Software Release Practice HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes good release practices for Linux open-source projects. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progcompilers">
<title>Compilers</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../GCC-HOWTO/index.html">
GCC-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux GCC HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 1999</CiteTitle>.
Covers how to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries
under Linux; gives an overview of compiling, linking, running and
debugging programs under it. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="proglang">
<title>Languages</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Programming-Languages.html">
Programming-Languages</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Programming Languages mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
A brief comparison of major programming languages for Linux and
major libraries for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO/index.html">
Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
A guide to shell scripting, using Bash. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Assembly-HOWTO.html">
Assembly-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Assembly HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to program in assembly language using FREE programming tools,
focusing on development for or from the Linux Operating System on
IA-32 (i386) platform. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html">
Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>BASH Programming - Introduction HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
This article intends to help you to start programming
basic-to-intermediate shell scripts. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../C++Programming-HOWTO.html">
C++Programming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>C++ Programming HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Discusses methods to avoid memory problems in C++ and
also will help you to program properly in C++ language.
Applies to all operating sytems. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Enterprise-Java-for-Linux-HOWTO.html">
Enterprise-Java-for-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to set up an Enterprise Java environment on Linux including a
JDK, a Web server, supporting Java servlets, accessing a database via
JDBC, and supporting Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Java-CGI-HOWTO.html">
Java-CGI-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Java CGI HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 1998</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to set up your server to allow CGI programs written in
Java and how to use Java to write CGI programs. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PHP-HOWTO.html">
PHP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>PHP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to develop PHP programs and also to migrate all the Windows 95 GUI
applications to powerful PHP + HTML + DHTML + XML + Java applets + Javascript.
Applies to all the operating sytems where PHP is ported. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../TclTk-HOWTO.html">
TclTk-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Tcl and Tk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1998</CiteTitle>.
Describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting language. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="proglib">
<title>Libraries</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Program-Library-HOWTO/index.html">
Program-Library-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Program Library HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
This HOWTO for programmers discusses how to create and use program
libraries on Linux. This includes static libraries, shared libraries,
and dynamically loaded libraries. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Glibc2-HOWTO.html">
Glibc2-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Glibc 2 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 1998</CiteTitle>.
Covers installing and using the GNU C Library version 2 (libc6)
on Linux systems. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="proginterface">
<title>Interfaces / API / Protocols</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/IO-Port-Programming.html">
IO-Port-Programming</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux I/O port programming mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes programming hardware I/O ports and waiting for small periods
of time in user-mode Linux programs running on the Intel x86 architecture. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Kerneld/index.html">
Kerneld</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
Explains how you can use the kerneld function in the Linux kernels. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Lego-HOWTO/index.html">
Lego-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Lego Mindstorm with Linux Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Intended to serve as a very brief introduction to the options available
for using the Lego Group's Mindstorm Robotics Invention System (RIS)
from within Linux. It also can be used as a gathering
point for more information. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../NLM-HOWTO.html">
NLM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>NetWare Loadable Module Programming HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to develop NetWare Loadable Modules under
Linux, using GNU CC and nlmconv(1) from GNU binutils. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.html">
Parallel-Processing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 1998</CiteTitle>.
Discusses the four basic approaches to parallel processing that are
available to Linux users: SMP Linux systems, clusters of networked
Linux systems, parallel execution using multimedia instructions
(i.e., MMX), and attached (parallel) processors hosted by a Linux
system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SCSI-Programming-HOWTO.html">
SCSI-Programming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux SCSI programming HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 1996</CiteTitle>.
Deals with programming the Linux generic SCSI interface. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Serial-Programming-HOWTO.html">
Serial-Programming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Serial Programming HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to program communications with devices over a serial port on a
Linux box. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SMB-HOWTO.html">
SMB-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SMB HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to use the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, also called the
Session Message Block, NetBIOS or LanManager protocol, with Linux
using Samba. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progsecurity">
<title>Security</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Secure-Programs-HOWTO/index.html">
Secure-Programs-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
Provides a set of design and implementation guidelines for writing
secure programs for Linux and Unix systems. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progtools">
<title>Tools</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../C-C++Beautifier-HOWTO.html">
C-C++Beautifier-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>C-C++ Beautifier HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
Helps you to format (beautify) C/C++ programs so that they are more readable
and conform to your site coding standards. Applies to all operating sytems. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Java-Decompiler-HOWTO.html">
Java-Decompiler-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Java Decompiler HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
Will help you to de-compile the Java class programs. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../RPM-HOWTO/index.html">
RPM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>RPM HOWTO - RPM at Idle</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1999</CiteTitle>.
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging
system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source
code for new software and package it into source and binary form such
that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be
rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their
files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for
information about files and/or packages. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Vim-HOWTO.html">
Vim-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Vim Color Editor HOWTO (Vi Improved w/syntax
color highlighting)</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
A guide to very quickly setup Vim color editor on Linux or Unix
systems. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progvc">
<title>Version Control</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../CVS-RCS-HOWTO.html">
CVS-RCS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>CVS-RCS HOWTO for Linux (Source Code Control System)</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
A "practical guide" to very quickly setup a CVS/RCS source code
control system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/RCS.html">
RCS</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The RCS mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
Covers basic installation and usage of RCS, the GNU Revision
Control System, under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progdbms">
<title>DBMS</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DB2-HOWTO/index.html">
DB2-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>DB2 Version 7.1 for Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Explicit instructions on installing DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1
for Linux on the following Intel x86-based distributions: Caldera
OpenLinux 2.4, Debian, Red Hat Linux 6.2, SuSE Linux 6.2 and 6.3,
and TurboLinux 6.0. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IngresII-HOWTO/index.html">
IngresII-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Ingres II HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
Helps install the Ingres II Relational Database Management System on Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Oracle-7-HOWTO.html">
Oracle-7-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Oracle 7 Database HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 1998</CiteTitle>.
A guide to installing and configuring the Oracle 7 Database Server on a
Linux system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Oracle-8-HOWTO.html">
Oracle-8-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Oracle (8) for Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
A guide to installing and configuring the
<CiteTitle>Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition for Linux</CiteTitle>. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PostgreSQL-HOWTO.html">
PostgreSQL-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Database-SQL-RDBMS HOWTO for Linux
(PostgreSQL Object Relational Database System)</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
A "practical guide" to very quickly setup a SQL Database engine and
front end tools on a Unix system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../WWW-mSQL-HOWTO.html">
WWW-mSQL-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>A mSQL and perl Web Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to build a SQL client/server database using WWW and HTML for the
user interface. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="progmisc">
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../AI-Alife-HOWTO.html">
AI-Alife-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux AI &amp; Alife HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
Information about, and links to, various AI related software libraries,
applications, etc. that work on the Linux platform. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Tango-HOWTO.html">
Tango-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Tango 2000 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes the installation, configuration, and basic
troubleshooting of Pervasive Software's Tango Application Server
on Sun Solaris and various flavours of Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>