ActiveState Releases Second Alpha of Komodo 4

CGIDir
Monday, July 24, 2006; 10:06 AM

ActiveState announced the second alpha release of their software development tool Komodo 4.  Komodo is a professional integrated development environment (IDE) for dynamic languages.  The alpha version is intended to elicit developer feedback is not suitable for production use.  Downloads are available at http://www.activestate.com/.

The Komodo IDE features advanced support for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, as well as syntax checking and coloring for other languages. It can serve as Perl editor, Ruby debugger, or Python dialog builder. It is supported by Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows.

ActiveState is a provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Over two million developers use ActiveState's cross-platform professional development tools and services, according to the company.

New in Komodo 4.0 Alpha 2

• SFTP/SCP Remote File Support
  Configure SFTP/SCP the same way you would configure FTP, in Preferences under Server Configuration. Key agents are also supported.
• Vi Bindings
  Configure Komodo to work with vi bindings
  (see Preferences->Editor->Keybindings, choose Vi in the drop down menu). Currently only a subset of vi bindings and commands are supported. Add more Vi-style bindings and create new commands via the toolbox. Your feedback will be particularly helpful in deciding which additional bindings and commands should be implemented. Komodo 4.0 Bug 46878 is available for listing important commands. Search the bug database for "Vi" to see the ones we already know about.
• SCC History
  View history on a file, and diff between revisions.

New in Komodo 4.0 Alpha 1

• JavaScript debugging in Firefox
  Install the JavaScript debugging Firefox extension and debug JavaScript code in Komodo.
• User-Defined Languages (UDL)
  Improved support for multi-language files such as Ruby on Rails RHTML. New UDL functionality lets you create Komodo extensions for custom language support.
• Live Folders
  Komodo projects now offer Live Folders that mirror file system layout.