ActiveState Previews Komodo 4.0 at O'Reilly Open Source Convention; Award-winning IDE for dynamic languages adds end-to-end web development capabilities.PORTLAND, Ore. -- ActiveState Software Inc., the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, today announced the technical pre-release of Komodo 4.0, introducing advanced support for Web 2.0 technologies to the award-winning IDE for dynamic languages. The release is available for download at: http://www.activestate.com/komodo/. Komodo 4.0 builds on a rock-solid support for dynamic languages such as Perl, Python, PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. , Ruby, and Tcl, by introducing first-class IDE support for JavaScript, enhanced project tracking and deployment capabilities, and support for editing files on secure servers. This release also adds custom language syntax definition, allowing for easy support of web-centric templating languages such as Rails' RHTML. "Increasingly, Web 2.0 development requires users to spend as much time in the design layer as they do in back-end business logic," says David Ascher, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at ActiveState. "With advanced support for web scripting languages, and the addition of high-value tools for managing, testing, and debugging client/server interactions, Komodo 4.0 allows developers to manage the complete webdev process within a single, feature-rich workspace." In addition, the 4.0 release adds Vi bindings, enabling Vi users to enjoy familiar, keyboard-driven commands while enjoying the advanced capabilities of an IDE. Komodo 4.0 will be showcased at this week's O'Reilly Open Source Convention The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is an annual convention for the discussion of open source software, such as Linux, MySQL, Perl and Python. It is organized by the publisher O'Reilly Media and is held each summer in the United States. (OSCON OSCON O'Reilly Open Source Convention OSCON Open Source Convention ), July 24-28, in Portland, Oregon. In addition, ActiveState is previewing a beta release See beta version. of PPM4, the updated Perl Package Manager Perl Package Manager (PPM) is a Perl utility intended to simplify the tasks of locating, installing, upgrading and removing software packages. It can determine if the most recent version of a software package is installed on a system, and can install or upgrade that for downloading and installing pre-compiled versions of most CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) The source for knowledge, software and documentation for the Perl programming language. For more information, visit www.cpan.org. See Perl. CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network modules; and new self-help user forums. Users can register to be notified of all ActiveState releases at: http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/announce. About ActiveState Komodo Komodo IDE is an IDE for dynamic languages published by software firm ActiveState. Komodo IDE is built on the Mozilla platform. It supports dynamic languages, including JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl; framework stacks like Ruby on Rails and CakePHP; and client Komodo is the award-winning IDE for dynamic languages. Used by tens of thousands of developers worldwide, Komodo offers advanced support for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, and now JavaScript. A single license covers users across Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Professional Edition licenses are $295. Personal Edition licenses are $29.95. New licenses, upgrades, and free evaluations are available at: http://www.activestate.com/komodo/. About ActiveState ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such as JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Over two million developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform professional development tools, high-quality language distributions, and enterprise services. For more information, see: http://www.activestate.com. (C) 2006 ActiveState Software Inc. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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