KOMODO IDE - THE KILLER MOZILLA APPLICATION.ActiveState, a leader in open source programming tools, has released Komodo 1.0, the first Mozilla application by a third party. Komodo is a Perl and Python integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment for programming using the Mozilla application framework The Mozilla application framework is a collection of cross-platform software components that make up the Mozilla applications. It was originally known as XPFE, an abbreviation of cross-platform front end. It was also known as XPToolkit. . A full-featured, multi-language IDE, its timesaving features include integrated online help and an interactive remote debugger. Komodo also includes the only one its kind, regular expression toolkit, for one of the most difficult technologies used in scripting languages. "Komodo is the first commercial grade IDE for Perl and Python, and it's cross-platform as well", said Dick Hardt Dick Hardt (May 28, 1963) is the founder and CEO of Sxip Identity. He is an advocate of Identity 2.0. Hardt has spoken at tech events such as Web 2.0, Supernova, Digital ID World, ETech, OSCON, PICNIC, W3C, ISOC, Anti-Phishing Working Group, at New York University (NYU), , Founder & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ActiveState. "Mozilla's component oriented framework will allow us to easily add support for additional languages and features throughout the coming months." "Mozilla is ideally suited for cross-platform Web-based development. This makes it a natural fit for ActiveState's powerful new IDE, Komodo," said Mitchell Baker Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker, is Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web , chief lizard wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. at mozilla.org. "Perl, Python and JavaScript developers will find Komodo a wonderful tool for using Mozilla for Web services development." "The combination of Perl, Python and Mozilla allowed us to build a great IDE for rapid application development," said Dr. David Ascher, Komodo Project Lead. "I'm quite pleased with the feedback from beta-testers, who said that Komodo is saving them time, which is our primary goal." "ActiveState's release of the first application built on Mozilla is a watershed event for the open source movement," said Tim O'Reilly, Founder & CEO of O'Reilly & Associates. "It demonstrates that there's more to Mozilla than the next generation Netscape browser. More importantly, it provides the web-enabled IDE that makes cross-platform development with open source languages like Perl and Python accessible to more than the hacker elite." Komodo is available with ASPN ASPN ActiveState Programmer Network ASPN American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN American Society of Pediatric Nephrology ASPN Active State Programmer Network ASPN Active Server Pages Network Komodo at $295 US. ASPN Komodo is an annual subscription that delivers the Komodo IDE and all updates, plus online, searchable access to cookbooks, technical references, sample code, and more.? |
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