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The CD interface appears. The interface allows you to install the programs and run the demos with just a click of a button (or two).

What You’ll Find on the CD

The following sections are arranged by category and provide a summary of the software and other goodies you’ll find on the CD. If you need help with installing the items provided on the CD, refer back to the installation instructions in the preceding section.

Shareware programs are fully functional, free, trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support.

Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — for free — but they offer no technical support.

GNU software is governed by its own license, which is included inside the folder of the GNU software. There are no restrictions on distribution of GNU software. See the GNU license at the root of the CD for more details.

Trial, demo, or evaluation versions of software are usually limited either by time or functionality (such as not letting you save a project after you create it).

Most of the software mentioned in this book is available for all three operating systems. For space reasons, we have focused primarily on Windows and Mac versions. Please check the Web site (www.aharrisbooks.net/xfd_2ed/resources.html) for links to all software for other operating systems.

Author-created material

For Windows and Mac.

All the examples provided in this book are located in the Author directory on the CD and work with Macintosh, Linux, Unix and Windows 95/98/NT and later computers. These files contain much of the sample code from the book. The structure of the examples directory is

Author/Book 1/Chapter 01

Aptana Studio 2.0

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. A full-featured programmer’s editor that greatly simplifies creating Web pages, CSS documents, and code in multiple languages.

Dia 0.97.1

Open source.

For Windows. A drawing tool suitable for site diagrams, flow diagrams, and other vector-drawing applications.

FileZilla 3.3.1

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. Having both client and server capabilities available, FileZilla is a free FTP alternative.

Firefox 3.6 and Extensions

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. I’ve included this powerful browser on the CD, but that’s only part of the story. I recommend enhancing Firefox with numerous extensions. It’s actually easier to install these extensions online than it is to include them on the CD. Once you’ve installed Firefox, please visit the resources Web page (www.aharrisbooks.net/xfd_2ed/resources.html) for links to the various extensions.

Web Developer Toolbar 1.1.8 adds all kinds of features for creating and testing pages; HTML Validator 0.7 checks your pages for standards-compliance; the FireBug 1.5 extension adds incredible features for JavaScript and AJAX debugging; and FireFTP is Mozilla’s FTP client program. 

GIMP 2.6

Open source.

For Windows. A professional-level graphics editor in a free package. It does everything the expensive graphics editors do.

HTML Tidy

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. HTML Tidy is an open source program and library for checking and generating clean XHTML/HTML. Binaries and source for a variety of platforms are available.

IrfanView 4.25

Freeware.

For Windows. A useful graphics viewer program.

IZArc 4.1

Freeware.

For Windows and Mac OS. A good freeware archive utility that supports a wide variety of archive formats.

jEdit

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. Written in Java, jEdit is a text editor built for programmers.

jQuery 1.4

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. A JavaScript Library that helps you transfer HTML documents, handle events, and includes AJAX features in your Web pages.

Komodo Edit

Open source.

For Windows and Mac OS. A handy text editor that supports PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl and Tcl, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML among