====== Overview of Software Guides ======

===== Programming Tools =====
We expect students who successfully complete the computing programs to have a basic knowledge in a number of tools. The following list is not universal, however it should be a good starting point.
   * A [[guides:software:Terminal_Emulator|Terminal Emulator]] (PUTTY)
   * A Text Editor
   * Basic Unix/Linux command line operation
     * Command Line History
     * [[guides:software:passwords|Changing passwords]] (passwd)
     * Paths
       * Absolute
       * Relative
       * Tilda expansion
       * Basic Wildcards
       * pwd
     * File Operations
       * ls
       * rm
       * mv
       * cp
     * Directory operations
       * mkdir
       * cd
     * Man Pages (man)
     * [[guides:software:redirection|I/O Redirection]]
     * Pipes
     * Diff
     * Pagers
   * [[guides:software:gcc:|A Compiler]] (g++, gcc)
   * [[guides:software:ftp:|File Transfer (pstp, filezilla, WinSCP)]]
   * [[guides:software:make:|A build system]] (make)
   * [[guides:tar|Working with the Tape Archive Utility (TAR)]]
   * [[guides:software:files|Files in Windows and Linux]]
   * A version control system ([[git]])