Students Background

From Prerequisites to Assumed Knowledge

the meaning remains the same : what you should know if you want to understand important parts of the course, and have a chance to get a high mark in the exam and in the assignments.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS COURSE?

You have already surfed the web

You have already used a text editor

N.B. : Word is not a text editor, it is a word processor

Difference : mainly the formatting of the text, proprietary format

Text Editors Word Processors

HyperEdit
SubEthaEdit
BBEdit
BBEdit Lite
Jedit
SimpleText
TextEdit
NotePad
vi
emacs

AppleWorks
ClarisWorks
OpenOffice
Microsoft Word
Nisus Writer
WordPerfect
Mellel

N.B : Other tools you may have to use to do your Labs / Assignments