Software to Support Teaching
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents.
Android Studio
Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.
Autodesk (Inventor, Revit, Autocad, 3DS Max, MAYA
Autodesk provides open access to more than 100 products – available to students, educators, and institutions.
All students will need to register to receive a 3-year license
www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured
Blender
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline.
BlueJ
BlueJ is a development environment that allows you to develop Java programs quickly and easily.
CISCO Packet Tracer
Cisco Packet Tracer is one of the most useful visual simulation programs for networking certifications, such as CCNA. With this tool, students are able to experiment with network behavior.
downloads.digitaltrends.com/cisco-packet-tracer/windows
Eclipse
Eclipse is written mostly in Java and its primary use is for developing Java applications, but it may also be used to develop applications in other programming languages via plug-ins, including Ada, ABAP, C, C++, C#, Clojure, COBOL, D, Erlang, Fortran, Groovy, Haskell, JavaScript, Julia, Lasso, Lua, NATURAL, Perl, PHP, ...
GIMP
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.
Java
Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment.
Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is the most widely known Linux distro for ethical hacking and penetration testing.
Office 365 Education
Get Office 365 for free
Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote. Use your valid school email address to get started today.
www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/products/office
ORACLE
All software downloads are free, and most come with a Developer License that allows you to use full versions of the products at no charge while developing and prototyping your applications, or for strictly self-educational purposes.
You will be required to create an Oracle Account
Prolog
Prolog is a logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.
Python
Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics
www.python.org/downloads/release/python-383
ROS
The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a flexible framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior across a wide variety of robotic platforms.
Spring Tool Suite
Spring Tool Suite, is an eclipsed based environment for developing spring applications such as microservices, web apps and spring cloud. (used for CIS110-6).
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop.
Visual Studio Community
Visual Studio Community, is a fully-featured, extensible, free IDE for creating modern applications for Android, iOS, Windows, as well as web applications and cloud services. (used for CIS16-2)
visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community
Wireshark
Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. Wireshark’s development thrives thanks to the volunteer contributions of networking experts around the globe and is the continuation of a project started by Gerald Combs in 1998.
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School of Computer Science and Technology
University of Bedfordshire
University Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU
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CST Labs - Opening Times
Monday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Tuesday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Wednesday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Thursday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Friday | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
Saturday | CLOSED |
Sunday | CLOSED |