CS 200 Resources

GNU Image Manipulation Program

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is legitimately free software for creating and modifying images. To install GIMP on Windows, visit gimp.org, and

select GIMP for Windows → Automated installer → Stable Version

Then download from there and install (in this order)

1. GTK+2 Runtime Environment
2. GIMP for Windows
3. GIMP Help 2

GIMP is free software created by volunteers across the world. Programmers contribute work at developer.gimp.org. If you prefer to spend hundreds of dollars on a commercial product, see also Photoshop.

Save Rotated GIFs plug-in

The Save Rotated GIFs plug-in is a tool that helps save copies of an image rotated in all directions.  To install,

1. Visit registry.gimp.org and select File
2. Scroll down to Save Rotated GIFs and select it
3. Select the newest Download (the line with the highest version number)
4. Save it as save-rotated-gifs.scm in your C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts folder*.

JavaScript can use the .gif files that you create with this program to point an image in arbitrary directions.

NVU Web Page Editor

The NVU Web Page Editor is legitimately free software for creating and modifying images. To install NVU on Windows,

1. Visit nvu.com, select Downloads, and get the Windows full installer and install it.
2. Get cs.uhh.hawaii.edu/cs/courses/cs200/kzsXPath.xpi
3. Start NVU and select Tools→Extensions→Install and install the KaZcadeS extension that you got.

NVU is free software created by volunteers across the world. Programmers contribute work at nvudev.org. If you prefer to spend hundreds of dollars on a commercial product, see also Dreamweaver.

HTML Tidy

HTML Tidy is legitimately free software for cleaning up messy HyperText Markup Language. To install Tidy,  

1. Visit tidy.sourceforge.net and click on binaries
2. Scroll down the page to other builds and click on Windows next to Current
3. Get the installer and install it.

Programmers contribute work at tidy.sourceforge.net.

FireFox

FireFox is legitimately free software for browsing web pages. To install FireFox, visit mozilla.com, select Download Firefox, and run the installer that you download.

Other Programs

The computers used in class have Windows installed, which provides Internet Explorer, Notepad, and Command Prompt tools. However, other operating systems provide equivalent tools at no extra cost, and the skills you learn in class should easily transfer to the corresponding tools of other operating systems.