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Title: Komodo Goes Open Source

Author: Handy, Alex Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: SD Times, n187 p10(1) Publication Date: Dec 1, 2007
  ISSN: 1528-1965
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts
URL of Publication: http://www.sdtimes.com

ActiveState is turning Komodo into an open source application, betting that its dynamic language focus will fill the gap in the open source IDE environment. Currently, the IDE world is dominated by Eclipse, but ActiveState believes that its reliance on Java is its weakness. ActiveState first released a free version, the Komodo Edit in February 2007. The company then modified Komodo Edit to make it open source. Open Komodo is expected to gain more interest than Komodo Edit. The company is trying to build a community around the product, and making it open source may be the way to attract people to it. ActiveState sees strong potential in Komodo's heavy focus on dynamic and scripting languages. It believes that people turn away from Eclipse because they do not like Java-based environments. Open Komodo provides the alternative in this case. The ActiveState tool works with over 50 languages, supporting them via syntax highlighting. Open Komodo is designed for developers not using Java. However, the open source version of the application does not carry a debugger, which has been present in the commercial version. Another missing feature is the regular expression generation tool. Also excluded is the HTTP inspector for troubleshooting AJAX calls.

Special Features: Screen Layouts

Companies:
ActiveState Software Inc

Products:
Integrated Development Environment Komodo Edit
Open Komodo

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