some useful tools for the code monkeys ;)

Aedix suite: excellently designed freeware multi language editor
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/aedix.html

Open watcom: very nice compilation of tools that can make any computer into a code monster
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page

Xcode: A macintosh developer studio, free from apple...
http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/

Microsoft visual studio express edition: you will have to download each package alone but the power of visual studio free from microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

Emacs: The text editor that can do anything... no really, it even has a few games built in, much less syntax highlighting (thank you very much for showing me this)
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

I hope this helps you fellow coders, enjoy ;)

Thank you very much, Dopefish for providing those useful links :)
Here are a few more...

GNU Compiler Collection for C, C++ and so on
http://gcc.gnu.org

D language front-end for GCC
http://dgcc.sourceforge.net

Txt2Regex, a very handy regular expression generator
for Unix-like systems
http://txt2regex.sourceforge.net

Python programming language
http://www.python.org

Ruby programming language
http://www.ruby-lang.org

Lua programming language
http://www.lua.org

Introduction to Makefiles
http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/~bhumphre/makefile.html

MinGW and MSYS (GCC toolchain and Unix commands/tools ported to Windows)
http://www.mingw.org

Vim, my text editor of choice on Linux
http://www.vim.org

Crimson Editor, an excellent text editor for MS Windows
http://www.crimsoneditor.com
http://www.emeraldeditor.com

Added more links: 04/28/2009

no prob =]

maybe i shouldve mentioned they are all for windows except xcode, i shouldve also mentioned that emacs is multiplatform

You don't have to worry about that. Its enough just with a short description - you don't have to be explicit with the platform.

I like coding, though I don't know much. I've done some C++ with Wolf3d/SoD but now I'm learning JAVA in school. I rather enjoy it though.

The BEST source for everything programming: Programmers heaven
http://www.programmersheaven.com/

the only website youll ever need for coding :)

Hehe. We can trust Dopefish to provide links for this group. Thanks. :)
ZuljinRaynor: Good luck with the Java programming. I must say your school sounds a lot more interesting than mine. We didn't do any real programming at all. I've done some work with Java myself, but I've found myself using C/C++ a lot more just now. I'll probably do some more Java work soon and get to grips with Ant.

The class is AP Computer Science. I'll be continuing with Computer Science into college, but I know a friend who goes to Boston University but when he took AP Computer Science the year before, he had to take in online. I'm lucky my school has it as a class.

your kidding, right? im currently taking a programming course in "high school", not even collage, i thought that the modules are international, well i guess im wrong. =\

@raynor:
there are some tutorials on java @ programmersheaven if you're interested

Yeah, I'll be checking the site out.