IB2131 and IB2111 are CIT's "stable" labs. In each lab you'll find 32 PCs, loaded with lots of software packages that you'll make use of during your time here. Many of those packages are available for free, either via our partnership with Microsoft or Oracle, or as freeware off the internet!
Package Name (Free/Paid) -> Where to get it:
Adobe Acrobat:
- Reader (Free) -> https://get.adobe.com/reader/
- Professional (Paid) -> https://www.adobe.com/
Android Developer Studio (Free) -> https://developer.android.com/studio
Code::Blocks (Free - no longer installed in the labs) -> http://www.codeblocks.org/
- If you need the MinGW Compiler -> http://citweb.lethbridgecollege.ab.ca/download
Draw.IO (Free) -> https://draw-io.en.softonic.com/download
FileZilla (Free) -> https://filezilla-project.org/
*If FileZilla can't connect to SWS, open the Edit menu, click on Settings, and change the Timeout from 20 to 30 seconds.
If you don't see that option, click on Connection (top of the left-hand column) - here's a screen grab.
GNU Image Manipulation Program - GIMP (Free) -> https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Internet Browsers:
- Google Chrome (Free) -> https://www.google.ca/chrome/
- Mozilla Firefox (Free) -> https://www.mozilla.org/
- Opera (Free) -> https://www.opera.com/download/
Java Development Kit (JDK) -> https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/
Microsoft:
- Office, Core Components (Free while you're a student through Office 365) -> https://lethbridgecollege.ca/
- Office, Developer tools-Access, Project, Visio (Free through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching) -> More Info Here!
- Visual Studio Professional (Free through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching) -> More Info Here!
NetBeans (Free) -> https://netbeans.apache.org/download/index.html
Don't forget to download the Java Development Kit*! Without it, you can't create Java programs in NetBeans.
* There are some packages available that include the JDK - feel free to try one of them!
Notepad++ (Free) -> https://notepad-plus-plus.org
Oracle (Free through OAI) -> More Info Here!
- You may purchase Oracle books at a discount -> https://www.mhprofessional.com/oraclepressbooks
Putty (Free) -> https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
WinSCP (Free) -> https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
