Thanks for sharing! I remember stumbling across a page loaded with links like these when I first started. It introduced me to several tools, and libraries to use!

ZLIB being one of my favorite finds years ago.
[url="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html"]http://www.gzip.org/...ib_license.html[/url]

New programmers should really invest some time into checking out the wide range of resources available!

[quote name='Black-Rook' timestamp='1324182057']
New programmers should really invest some time into checking out the wide range of resources available!
[/quote]Absolutelly!

Some newcomers (as myself) doesn't even know the consequences of choosing good engines and stuff on their learning curve!
20 min of googling before your programming routine doesn't hurt!

Thanks for the input!