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= Tools =
= Tools =
== Misc tools (proprietary but freely available) ==
=== IDEs ===
* MSVC++ Express 2008 [http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/] - please note that you'll probably want to download the '''offline''' installation image file (iso) which -unlike the web installation- doesn't require any complicated and long-winded registration process. The direct link to the latest version (as of 11/2008) is [http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso] - after having downloaded the iso image, you'll either have to burn it or simply mount it in order to execute the installation (there are various tools to  mount iso images under windows, you may want to check out daemon tools [http://www.daemon-tools.cc] for a freely available solution).
=== Debuggers & Profilers ===
* [http://developer.amd.com/downloads.aspx AMD's Developer Tools] (CodeAnalyst, available for free for [http://developer.amd.com/cawin.aspx Win32]/[http://developer.amd.com/calinux.aspx Linux] )
* [http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/tha/index.html Sun Thread Analyzer] - for Linux: supports Intel x86 & AMD64 platforms (part of Sun Studio Express)
* [http://www.intel.com/vtune/ Intel VTune] [http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/download/download/index.htm (free Win32/Linux versions available for non-commercial use:requires an INTEL CPU!)]
* [http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/340679.htm#Thread Intel Thread Analysis & Profiling Tools]


== Free/Open Source ==
== Free/Open Source ==
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=== fraps-like Output/Video capturing for *nix ===
=== fraps-like Output/Video capturing for *nix ===
* http://pigeond.net/flightgear/screenstreamer/
* http://www.opengl.org/sdk/tools/BuGLe/
* http://www.opengl.org/sdk/tools/BuGLe/
* http://www.neopsis.com/projects/yukon/ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_%28software%29]
* http://www.neopsis.com/projects/yukon/ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_%28software%29]
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* http://gizmothunder.blogspot.com/2006/09/fraps-in-linux.html
* http://gizmothunder.blogspot.com/2006/09/fraps-in-linux.html


== Other tools (proprietary but freely available) ==
=== Debuggers & Profilers ===
* [http://developer.amd.com/downloads.aspx AMD's Developer Tools] (CodeAnalyst, available for free for [http://developer.amd.com/cawin.aspx Win32]/[http://developer.amd.com/calinux.aspx Linux] )
* [http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/tha/index.html Sun Thread Analyzer] - for Linux: supports Intel x86 & AMD64 platforms (part of Sun Studio Express)
* [http://www.intel.com/vtune/ Intel VTune] [http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/download/download/index.htm (free Win32/Linux versions available for non-commercial use:requires an INTEL CPU!)]
* [http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/340679.htm#Thread Intel Thread Analysis & Profiling Tools]
=== IDEs ===
* MSVC++ Express 2008 [http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/] - please note that you'll probably want to download the '''offline''' installation image file (iso) which -unlike the web installation- doesn't require any complicated and long-winded registration process. The direct link to the latest version (as of 11/2008) is [http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso] - after having downloaded the iso image, you'll either have to burn it or simply mount it in order to execute the installation (there are various tools to  mount iso images under windows, you may want to check out daemon tools [http://www.daemon-tools.cc] for a freely available solution).


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''If you are lost see [[Portal:User]] or [[Portal:Developer]]''
''If you are lost see [[Portal:User]] or [[Portal:Developer]]''

Revision as of 11:26, 11 March 2009

Tools

Misc tools (proprietary but freely available)

IDEs

  • MSVC++ Express 2008 [1] - please note that you'll probably want to download the offline installation image file (iso) which -unlike the web installation- doesn't require any complicated and long-winded registration process. The direct link to the latest version (as of 11/2008) is [2] - after having downloaded the iso image, you'll either have to burn it or simply mount it in order to execute the installation (there are various tools to mount iso images under windows, you may want to check out daemon tools [3] for a freely available solution).

Debuggers & Profilers


Free/Open Source

Build related

Speeding up compilations

Documentation

Debugging

Memory Usage

Profiling

Source Code Management / Revision Control Systems

fraps-like Output/Video capturing for *nix


If you are lost see Portal:User or Portal:Developer