Here are some nice tools for programmers.

C/C++ Compiler -
http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

All Purpose Notepad for programmers
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

THE BEST PHP dev studio (NOT FREE)
http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/
find a torrent for it somewhere, zend is a big name in PHP

For AS3 programmers, it isn't a bad idea to look at other people's source code and learn from what the pros do. Find a torrent for Sothink swf decompiler.

Java Studios
http://www.bluej.org/
http://www.eclipse.org/home/categories/languages.php
^ eclipse also has C++/C, PHP, COBOL, and AspectJ IDEs

If you are still wondering what language you should learn and you have a steady hand you should look into how to google

~Perl~
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Tutorials
http://www.pageresource.com/cgirec/index2.htm
http://www.sthomas.net/roberts-perl-tutorial.htm

~Python~
http://docs.python.org/tut/
http://www.sthurlow.com/python/
http://www.developer.com/lang/other/article.php/3624681

~ASP~
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp
http://www.asptutorial.info/

Also, no more of that "WHAT LANGUAGE SHOULD I LERN GUISE/WHICH LANGUAGE IS THE BEST" shit. This is for programming discussion and help; we are not here to walk you through learning a programming language so you can show your 13 year old friend how leetspeak you are.

http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/
brows at your leisure.

>>134 Have some...
Real World Haskell - http://book.realworldhaskell.org/beta/

This thread also needs some Lisp and Scheme:
Practical Common Lisp - http://gigamonkeys.com/book/
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
SICP Video Lectures - http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/

http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/

Has some glaring inaccuracies when it comes to pointers. Best one was this

http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/chapter5/pointer_expressions.html

int i; int *ip, *const cpi; ip = &i; cpi = ip; /* permitted */ if(cpi != ip) printf("Compiler error\n"); ip = cpi; /* not permitted */

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, YOU MODIFY CONST

Free online Python book
http://diveintopython.org/

>>192
As a person grown so tightly to the prior versions of flash, I strongly suggest that you move on to AS3 rather than learning AS2. It will be a lot easier and a better investment in your time. But, because this is an archive of information:

~AS2~
http://chorozon.net/Jared/OReilly Bookshelves/web2/action/index.htm (dated, but useful. also has some other guides for uh ... other languages)
http://adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/
~RegEx~
http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html
http://rexv.org (not a guide, but is a kickass tool.)

RegEx isn't technically a language but it can be a lot more useful than a bunch of conditionals.
Also: real men learn from the language documentation.

>>275
I would never suggest Java or .NET ever in my life, though you have the C++ part down.
I'd recommend using GTK ( http://www.gtkmm.org/ ) so you get an easy setup and cross-platform capabilities all in one go. They even have some documentation to get you started with it, complete with source code and pictures.

A scheme text, more forgiving than SICP, that was mentioned: http://www.htdp.org/

try ruby in your browser! colorful, e-z, sensical

http://tryruby.hobix.com/

http://www.cplusplus.com/
Good website for people just learning how to program, easy to understand and simple guides to C++.

haXe
http://haxe.org/
don't be a flash sellout!

For Ruby Lovers:
http://tryruby.hobix.com/ Interactive Ruby
http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=00 Very Basic Tutorials
http://www.ruby-doc.org/ Everything you want to know from Ruby
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/index.htm Alot of Ruby Tutorials

>>1068
The free book offered ruby-doc.org is free because it is out of date and rather not good for working with the current release of Ruby

~C#~
http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx