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• Six Ways to Write More Comprehensible Code - Article from Jeff Vogel, the president of Spiderweb Software, that uses a hypothetical computer game called Kill Bad Aliens as an example case for how to write clear, maintainable code. (Published 2007.05.29)

	Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years URL: http://norvig.com/21-days.html ODP description: Peter Norvig, the Director of Research at Google, suggests ways to develop programming ability and expertise. Includes recommendations for a first programming language.
	Programmingtutorials.com URL: http://www.programmingtutorials.com/ ODP description: Collection of tutorial links for many programming languages. Page title: Programmingtutorials.com - Free Online Programming Tutorials Page description: Programmingtutorials.com is your free online resource for learning to program using the .NET Framework, ASP.NET, C#, C, C++, Java, J2EE, SQL, Perl, Web Services, Visual Basic .NET, XML, VB.NET, and many other languages over the internet.
	Tabs versus Spaces URL: http://www.jwz.org/doc/tabs-vs-spaces.html ODP description: Using tabs in source code: Pro and contra, by Jamie Zawinski.
	OpenSourceTutorials.com URL: http://www.opensourcetutorials.com/ ODP description: Tutorials covering ranging from beginner to advanced levels with forums for extra support if needed while researching. Page title: Open Source Development Tutorials Page description: Open Souce Tutorials covers open source technologies from getting started by getting a domain name and a hosting company all the way up to how to manage the MySQL and PostgreSQL database that will be needed for ecommerce sites.
	CoderSource.net URL: http://www.codersource.net/codersource_mfc_prog.html ODP description: Contains basic tutorials on MFC, without using MFC AppWizard to learn the programs. Page description: MFC Programming and Tutorials
	The Object Oriented Programming Web URL: http://oopweb.com/ ODP description: Directory of programming and computer science tutorials. A fast and easy to use programmer's reference.
	The Ultimate Programming Tutorials Site URL: http://www.thinkbrown.com/programming/ ODP description: Tutorials of C/C++, Java, Perl, Posix, Unix, Linux, PThreads, Visual Basic, Delphi, APL, Javascript, and SQL. Page title: Ultimate Programming and Database Tutorials Page Page description: Ultimate Programming and Database Tutorials Page C, C++, Java Programming Information and Tutorials for other languages as well
	CodeTeacher.com URL: http://www.codeteacher.com/ ODP description: Rated directory of programming tutorials (ASP, Assembly, C Sharp, Cpp and C++, ColdFusion, Java/J2EE). Page title: CodeTeacher.com : Free online programming tutorials Page description: Programming tutorials by CodeTeacher.com: ASP, Assembly, C Sharp, C/C++, ColdFusion, Java, J2ee, Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, VBScript, Visual Basic and XML tutorials!
	Herong's Notes on Programming URL: http://www.herongyang.com/ ODP description: Collection of notes and tutorials on several programming languages, including Java, C#, ASP, JSP, JDK, XML, XHTML, and Unicode. Includes alternate PDF and Chinese language versions. Page title: 28 Tutorial Books by Herong Yang on Software Programming Technologies Page description: A collection of 28 free tutorial books by Herong Yang on latest programming technologies. Tutorials in all books are based on Herong's personal experience and ideal for developers to learn new programming technologies.
	DevCentral URL: http://devcentral.iftech.com/ ODP description: Tutorials on Java and JavaScript, C, C++, and general object oriented programming. Includes articles on networks and network technologies. Page title: DevCentral Home Page description: DevCentral - Articles and tutorials with easy to understand examples for the seasoned professional to the student.
	Wikipedia: Programming Style URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_style ODP description: Encyclopedia article. Tutorial on general styling rules and conventions. Has a list of style guides for specific languages. Page title: Programming style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Elements of Programming Style URL: http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs2604/Standards/Standards.html ODP description: Notes that provide standards for internal program documentation and style.
	The American Programmer: Programming Manuals and Tutorials URL: http://www.theamericanprogrammer.com/programming/manuals.shtml ODP description: Links to manuals and tutorials for a variety of primarily mainframe languages including REXX, SQL, COBOL, JCL, TSO, ISPF, CICS, and Unix. Page title: The American Programmer.com Programming Manuals and Tutorials: REXX, CICS, SQL, DB2,JCL, SDSF, Vsam, COBOL, MySQL, Perl, Unix, Java, HTML, AS400 Page description: programming manuals and tutorials for REXX, CICS, SQL, DB2, COBOL, JCL, SDSF, Vsam, MySQL, Perl, Unix, Java, HTML, AS400 help for MVS help for OS390 help for zos
	Simple OpenH323 Tutorial URL: http://toncar.cz/openh323/tut/ ODP description: Uses a simple H.323 application to explain several PWLib- and OpenH323-related programming techniques.
	NextDawn Programming Tutorials URL: http://www.nextdawn.nl/ ODP description: Tutorials on the programming languages C and C++ and APIs DirectX and OpenGL. Also covers common sorting algorithms. Page title: NextDawn Free C, C++, DirectX and OpenGL programming tutorials Page description: NextDawn is your free online resource for learning to program. Free tutorials on C, C++ , Opengl and DirectX.
	Roby's Programming Tutorial URL: http://www.geocities.com/codeteacher/ ODP description: Pascal, C/C++, C#, Java, and Assembly. Download available. Page description: Programming tutorials on Pascal, C/C++, Assembly, Java. Download available.
	Chrootstrap's Hacking Articles URL: http://www.geocities.com/chrootstrap/ ODP description: Educational programming articles ranging from introductory to very advanced.
	Dr. Olek's Course Notes URL: http://gdansk.bradley.edu/olekmali/bookmark/tutorials.html ODP description: Course notes and sample programs for network programming in C++ and STL, Java, Perl, and PHP. Page title: Dr. Olek's Network and Embedded Systems Programming in C++ and STL, Java, Perl, PHP, and more...
	Notes on MS-DOS URL: http://users.cybercity.dk/~bse26236/ ODP description: DOS, Batch and Windows tips, tricks, recovery tools, freeware and math. Page title: DOS Commands, Batch and Freeware. Windows Tips Tricks and Data Recovery... Page description: DOS commands. The complete list including Batch. Recover tools, Tips and tricks...
	Programming Class URL: http://www.programmingclass.co.uk/ ODP description: A series of interactive programming tutorials for beginners, focusing on C++, Java, and C#.
	Real Time Software Rendering URL: http://www.dawnofthegeeks.com/software_rendering/ ODP description: Tutorials in Javascript, PHP, C++, and Java as well as articles about good coding and recursion. SoftGeL, OpenGL, and DirectX resources are also included.
	Academic Tutorials URL: http://www.academictutorials.com/ ODP description: Tutorials on a wide range of programming languages and subjects. Also offers quizzes corresponding to the material in the tutorials. Page title: FREE Tutorials on HTML XHTML CSS JavaScript XML XSL ASP SQL ADO VBScript Page description: FREE Tutorials on HTML XHTML ASP/VB/C# .NET DHTML CSS JavaScript XML XSL ASP SQL ADO VBScript SQL Soft Skills - Communication Time Management etc.
	FDB's Programming Page URL: http://www.nettrash.com/users/fdb/ ODP description: A programmer's resource for C/C++, Java, Pascal, Basic, Assembly (some virus) and Foxpro tutorials and examples. Page title: Coding Library Page description: Coding Library.The Programmer's resource on the net. Programmer's Search Engine. BASIC,PASCAL,C,CPP,ASSEMBLY,JAVA,Visual Basic,Delphi And more. TUTORIALS,Documents & MAILING LIST
	All Free Tutorials URL: http://www.allfreetutorials.com ODP description: Tutorials and articles about the most popular programming languages. Page title: All Free Tutorials - Programming News, Free Tutorials - Home
	Kids Can Program Too URL: http://www.kidscanprogramtoo.com ODP description: Provides e-book that teaches children computer programming. Page title: Kids can Program Too! - Home - Teaching Children Computer Programming Page description: Teaching children computer programming: how to write programs using the Java language
	Richard Bowles' Web Site URL: http://richardbowles.tripod.com ODP description: Contains tutorials on C++, HTML, programming neural networks (plus various other non-programming tutorials). Page title: Richard Bowles' Home Page
	Programmers Haven URL: http://www.geocities.com/gtalon51/ ODP description: Tutorials on C/C++, Java, Javascript and Visual Basic. Page title: Welcome to gamesprog
	OS Config URL: http://www.osconfig.com/ ODP description: Links to freely available programming tutorials for C, C++, Visual Basic as well to software drivers for BeOS, Linux, Windows 95/98/NT/2000, and fonts. Page title: OS Config - #1 Resource Site for BeOS, Linux, Windows (95/98, NT, 2000) Users Page description: Software drivers for BeOS, Linux, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT. Programming Tutorials: C, C++, CGI, Delphi, Pascal, and Perl. Gallery of True Type Fonts available for download.
	Learn Programming URL: http://www.learn-programming.za.net ODP description: Learn programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Pascal and Web Development.
	Geekpedia: Programming Tutorials URL: http://www.geekpedia.com/prog_ttrls_list.php ODP description: Covers many programming languages including C++, C#, PHP, and Java. Page title: Geekpedia • Tutorials Archive Page description: Programming tutorials and source code for many programming languages and especially for the .NET Framework. Also has software articles, faqs, reviews, news, projects, forums, blogs from the IT domain.
	CompSci.ca URL: http://www.compsci.ca ODP description: Sample code, discussion and help for programming languages such as Turing, C++, Visual Basic, Java and PHP. Page title: Computer Science Canada
	Reaperx90's Site URL: http://reaperx90.com/ ODP description: C++, JavaScript, HTML and CSS tutorial and source code formatting recommendations. Page title: Welcome to Reaperx90's Site!
	AllSyntax.com URL: http://www.allsyntax.com ODP description: Tutorials and code samples available on many popular languages. Page title: AllSyntax.com: Programming Resource Community Page description: Welcome to AllSyntax.com Programming Resource Community., tutorials, code, forums, blogs, free blogging, source code, syntax, help, community, proxies, proxy, anonymous proxies, programming, programming languages, php, mySQL, javascript, javascript, visual basic, vb, discussion boards, web tools