VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002--ActiveState® Corp., the leader in
applied open source, today announced a new IDE that provides
a powerful workspace for cross-platform, open source
language programming. Komodo® 2.0 affords greater power,
flexibility and automation, including the ActiveState GUI
Builder, Visual Package Manager, Source Code Control,
Project Manager, Macros, Web services generation, and
more. The only unified open source programming language IDE,
Komodo enables editing, debugging, and testing in a single
workspace.
Komodo is optimized for Perl, Python, PHP,
Tcl, XML, XSLT, and supports numerous other languages,
including Ruby and JavaScript. It is one of the most
sophisticated applications built on the Mozilla framework
and runs on the Linux and Windows platforms.
"As an XML
developer, I do a lot of text processing of XML and SGML
files through various Perl scripts and use Komodo for all
kinds of tasks when developing with Perl and XSLT," said Ari
Nordstrom, AerotechTelub Information & Media AB, a Saab
Group Company. "The new editing and toolbox features have
really been a big timesaver. Unlike some editors that make a
mess when you least need it, Komodo handles Unicode well,
which is especially important when working with XML
documents."
Komodo 2.0 introduces new key benefits:
- Enable team development and security: Source Code
Control integration and Project Manager ensure a secure, yet
flexible development environment
- Enhance applications
with GUI dialogs: simple Tk-based dialog builder with
seamless roundtrip integration for Perl, Python, and
Tcl
- Produce higher quality code faster: enhanced editor
is fully customizable with code commenting, block selection,
and Code Snippets for storing and reusing code
- Implement
Web services easily: manage and use Web services with
automatic generation of Web services proxies
"Komodo simplifies development by enabling programmers to
code in the open source language of their choice in one
standardized development environment," said Matt Herdon,
Director of Product Management for ActiveState's
Productivity Tools."
"Komodo's range of features has
something for programmers of all levels," said Dr. David
Ascher, Komodo Technical Lead, ActiveState. "The
professional programmer can leverage all of Komodo's
advanced functionality such as the Regular Expression
toolkit, distributed development support and CGI
emulation. The occasional programmer will appreciate
Komodo's supportive environment, with the background
syntax-checking, auto-completion, and tutorials."
Komodo
2.0 Professional Edition, featuring Source Code Control
Integration, Visual Package Manager, and ActiveState GUI
Builder, targets professional programmers and is offered for
$295. Komodo 2.0 Personal Edition is designed for
educational or non-commercial usage for $29.50. Komodo 2.0
for Microsoft Windows is available immediately; Komodo 2.0
for Linux is currently in Beta with a final release
available soon. More details are at http://www.ActiveState.com/Komodo.
About ActiveState Corp.
ActiveState is the leader in
applied open source. Our solutions are used by over 70% of
the Fortune 500, minimizing obstacles for open language
programmers, and increasing productivity in the enterprise.
These offerings leverage the power of Perl, PHP, Python,
Tcl, XSLT, sendmail, and other popular open source
technologies and encompass cross-platform development and
server-side email management. More information is at: http://www.ActiveState.com.
(C)
ActiveState Corporation 2002. ActiveState, ActiveState
GUI Builder, ActiveState Visual Package Manager, Komodo, and
the Rx Toolkit are trademarks of ActiveState Corp. All other
company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contact: ActiveState Lori Pike,
604/808-6655 LoriP@ActiveState.com
