Developing on Linux gets professional with Komodo 3.1

Developing on Linux gets professional with Komodo 3.1

ActiveState's popular IDE gives programmers a slicker Linux experience and
Subversion support


BOSTON, MA - (FEBRUARY 15, 2005) - Developers running Linux come from all
parts of the programming world. Some write Perl scripts, some program in PHP
or Python, while others look forward to a good Tcl.  It doesn't matter which
language you code in, programming on Linux just got slicker with
ActiveState's Komodo 3.1.

ActiveState, the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic
languages, today released Komodo 3.1, the newest version of the
award-winning professional integrated development environment (IDE). Komodo
3.1 now offers cross-platform developers a GTK2+ based user interface,
improved Linux desktop integration, faster debugging with Python, support
for Subversion, improved UTF-8 and PHP5 support, and increased performance
on Linux.

"The GTK2+ based interface is key to this Linux savvy release," says Shane
Caraveo, Komodo Tech Lead at ActiveState. Caraveo says, "Users of modern
Linux distributions can now customize and tweak the look and feel of the
Komodo interface on Linux. Fonts are clearer, the editor moves smoother, and
the interface is snappier."

Richard Monson-Haefel, a Senior Analyst with the Burton Group, supports
Linux IDEs like Komodo that specialize in open source languages.
Monson-Haefel says, "Dynamic languages like PHP, Perl, and Python are
becoming increasingly important in enterprise development. In order for
these powerful languages to be useful in the enterprise, IT needs
full-featured IDEs like ActiveState's Komodo 3.1."

Komodo 3.1 is built on top of the same framework as Firefox, the Mozilla
Foundation's popular open source Web browser. Komodo also continues to
showcase other open source technologies, including: Scintilla, Python,
SQLite, GTK2, and libxslt. 

Free evaluation versions of Komodo 3.1 are available online:
http://www.activestate.com/Komodo/

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools for dynamic languages such as
Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, and XSLT. Over two million developers rely on
ActiveState's professional development tools, high-quality language
distributions and enterprise services.

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