Drupal
Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
PHP
PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. It is in use by over 20 million domains (as of 2007).
MySQL
Not only is MySQL the world's most popular open source database, it's also become the database of choice for a new generation of applications built on the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python.) MySQL runs on more than 20 platforms including Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, giving you the kind of flexibility that puts you in control.
Apache (The Apache Software Foundation)
The Apache HTTP Server is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million web site milestone. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.
WordNet
WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller (Emeritus). Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept. Synsets are interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. The resulting network of meaningfully related words and concepts can be navigated with the browser. WordNet is also freely and publicly available for download. WordNet's structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural language processing.
WampServer
WampServer is a Windows web development environment which allows creation of web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database on a local machine to allow simulation of a production server.
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. As of October 2010, Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with 30% of worldwide usage share of web browsers. In Germany, Firefox is the most popular browser with 60% usage. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.
(A Great Browser - B)
FireFTP
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
Firebug
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.
Open Clip Art Library
An archive of clip art in the Public Domain which can be used for free for any use.
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org's Mission Statement is...
To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.
The OpenOffice.org project is primarily sponsored by Oracle, which is the primary contributor of code to the Project. Other corporate contributors include Novell, RedHat, RedFlag CH2000, and IBM. Additionally over 450,000 people from nearly every curve of the globe have joined this Project with the idea of creating the best possible office suite that all can use. This is the essence of an "open source." community!
Tom Geller
Tom Geller is an active member of the Drupal community and is an author and speaker regarding Drupal and other scientific topics.
I had the good fortune to make Tom’s acquaintance several years ago whereupon he extolled the virtues of Drupal and made me a believer.
He has recently published Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide which is available on amazon.com and other venues.
John Erikson
John has been a friend for many years and I am indebted to him in ways too numerous to count.
A 1961 Oberlin graduate and member of the John W. Heisman Club Hall of Fame, John starred in tennis, basketball, and football for the Yeomen. He remains one of the top players nationally in his age group and has won three senior father-son national championships with his son Carl.
