CS253 Resources

The recommended on-line reference to the C++ standard is www.cplusplus.com.
The publisher's page for the required textbook is here: C++ for Java Programmers.
The publisher's page for the recommended (reference) text is here: C++ Principles and Practice Using C++.
If you are interested, a more advanced book along the lines of the required text is Timothy Budd's book of the same name: C++ for Java Programmers.

A good introductory tutorial to linux can be found here (thank you, University of Surrey).
A good introductory tutorial for make can be found here (thank you, Hector Urtubia).
It is a good idea to know one good editor that operates outside of any language's IDE. My personal favorite is emacs, but VI is more widely used.
You will need to learn the gdb debugger.
Subversion is the recommended tool for version control of C++ projects.
Valgrind is the recommended tool for finding memory leaks and profiling code to increase efficiency.
Eclipse has a C++ IDE. But be careful: your assignments will not be compiled or executed inside eclipse during grading, so make sure you have a makefile that works at the top level!
Boost is a large (and mostly good) class library for C++. (Note: The boost library may not be used for most class assignments, but will be allowed near the end.)

Doxygen is a good tool for documenting C++ projects.
TUT (template unit testing) is a free and simple (but not very feature-full) unit testing framework for C++.

The largest and most important professional society for computer science is the ACM.
The IEEE CS Society is also important, particularly in those areas of CS that overlap electrical engineering.
For specialists in Artificial Intelligence, the key society is AAAI.
The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) is a non-profit community working to increase women's participation in technology and computing.