General Information, Facts & Tables
[Recommended Internet Links]

There are some very useful web sites that have been used as references for the G.I.F.T. software and data, as well as some excellent open source / freeware applications. The links on this page refer to the best of the best.

The effort to create and maintain web sites such as those listed below is extremely intensive, and some sites may contain advertising material to assist with their funding. If you find a site useful, please try and support them wherever possible.

Note! All links open in a new Browser window.

Note! Items not hyperlinked are under construction and scheduled to be uploaded between 12 ~ 19 Jan 2009.
 

• General Reference
  • Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
    • Probably the largest on-line encyclopedia covering virtually every topic.
  • HTTrack (http:/www.httrack.com)
    • Tool to download entire web sites for off-line viewing.
• Engineering
  • RoyMech (http://www.roymech.co.uk)
    • A large quantity of engineering data, formulae, and general information presented in a easy to understand manner.
  • Engineering Toolbox (http://www.EngineeringToolBox.com)
    • Engineering specifications, converters and calculators.
  • Engineers Edge (http://www.engineersedge.com)
    • Engineering specifications and calculators.
  • David Pye (http://www.davidpye.com)
    • Large selection of freeware fonts, graphics, Javascript code, with high quality interfaces for selecting a particular resource.
       
• Physics
  • HyperPhysics (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu)
    • Excellent interface to virtually all physics related data and formula.
      
• Programming
  • CN Pack / CN Wizards (www.cnpack.org
    • A must have set of utilities for the Imprise Delphi environment.
  • G Experts (www.GExperts.org)
    • Another excellent suite of utilities for Imprise Delphi.
  • Joint Endeavour of Delphi Innovators (www.JEDI.org)
    • Avast suite of Imprise Delphi components and routines
  • Soft Ware Archive Group (www.swag.org)
    • Many functions and routines for older Delphi / Pascal environments,

These links include the hyper text markup language, cascading style sheets and javascript.

• Web Design Group (http://www.htmlhelp.com)
  • An excellent resource on the HTML language.

• World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org)
  • The group that maintains the standards used within the Internet.

The G.I.F.T. Author(s) do not have any financial arrangement, or endorse any commercial software developers, however we own and use licensed copies of the following applications.

• Office Applications (Word processing, Spreadsheets)
  • Open Office 2.4 and 3.0 (http://www.openoffice.org)
  • PDF Creator (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/)
• Initial HTML (web) page creation
  • Namo 3 (http://www.namo.com)
• Final HTML (web) page editing
  • HTML Kit (http://www.chami.com)
  • Mozilla Composer (http://www.mozilla.org)
• Cascading Style Sheet editing
  • Top Style 2.5 Pro (http://www.bradsoft.com)
• Javascript
  • Northgate Coda (http://www.xoology.com)
• HTML Compiler
  • Microsoft HTML Workshop (http://www.microsoft.com)
• Web Browsers (Testing)
  • Xenu Link Sleuth (http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html)
  • Internet Explorer 5 & 6 (http://www.microsoft.com)
  • Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org)
  • Opera (http://www.opera.com)
  • CSE HTML Validator Pro ()
• 2D CAD Graphics
  • Visio Technical 5 (http://www.visio.com)
  • AutoCAD R14 (http://usa.autodesk.com/)
    
• 3D CAD Graphics
  • AutoCAD R14 (http://www.autodesk.com)
  • Truespace 3 (http://www.caligari.com)
  • Blender ()
• Raster (non CAD) graphics
  • Paint Shop Pro V7 (http://www.jasc.com)
  • The GIMP ()
  • GIMP Shop ()
• Internet Research
  • HTTrack 3 (http:/www.httrack.com).
  • Download Express (http://www.metaproducts.com)
• MS Windows Programming
  • Imprise Delphi 5 Standard (http://www.borland.com)
  • GExperts Dephi Add-on (http://www.gexperts.org)
  • EFG's Computer Lab (http://www.efg2.com)
  • CN Wizards Delphi Add-on (http://www.cnpack.org/index.php?lang=en)
  • JEDI Delphi Components (http://homepages.codegear.com/jedi/jcl/)
  • Torry's Delphi Pages (http://www.torry.net)