These are some resources that I find very useful when developing software:
C++ Programming Style Guidelines
http://geosoft.no/development/cppstyle.html
Qt Creator Coding Rules
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-extending/coding-style.html
Category Archives: Computers
Free Software from Autodesk. Awesome!
Autodesk has been giving away free software for students and educators but now they are also expanding to veteran or unemployed individuals who have worked in architecture, engineering, design or manufacturing industries.
If you qualify you can get this amazing list of software to build your expertise and/or freelance some projects:
Go to this link to get registered:
Autodesk, is the developer of Autocad, 3DS Max, Maya and many other great software tools. I must add that they are moving towards the Mac platform. You can now have Autocad 2012 and Maya 2012 for Mac OS. Amazing!
Cool Open Source Software (COSS)
I think the bright future of software (and hardware) is in the open development and free sourcing of the code, while paying attention to portability to multiple platforms.
To make money with open software you get paid by servicing the software (or maybe not so… but still…). This will make people use your software (because it’s free) and they will pay you to add features to it.
Anyway, here’s some of open software that I’ve been (really!) impressed with… I call it Cool Open Source Software or COSS:
Mathematical/Modeling Tools
- http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ (computer algebra system)
- http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ (instead of Matlab)
- http://www.sagemath.org/ (mathematics software)
- http://www.scilab.org/ (replaces Matlab and Simulink)
Engineering Tools
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/ (3D CAD/CAE program)
Editing Tools
- http://www.blender.org/ (3D modeling, instead of Maya or 3DS)
- http://www.gimp.org/ (instead of Photoshop)
- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (audio editing)
Embedded Electronics
- http://fritzing.org/ (interactive electronics)
- http://wiring.org.co/ (electronics prototyping)
Open Frameworks
- http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/ (real time computer vision)
- http://qt.nokia.com/ (IDE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and mobile platforms Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo (Nokia N9))
Other
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (full featured player)
- http://gnuradio.org/
If you have open sourced software that you use and you feel it’s heading somewhere please send me a tweet @spacemig. Let the COSS movement begin! :=)
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