ActiveState unleashes Komodo 3.0

ActiveState today announced the release of Komodo 3.0, and a major
positioning initiative that underscores its commitment to users of open
source scripting languages. Komodo 3.0 is the new major release of its
professional IDE for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and
XSLT and allows for the rapid development of high-quality code.  
 
Rich Words, infrastructure analyst at John Deere & Company, comments: 
"Komodo has reduced the time, complexity and potential errors associated with
developing our administrative systems. It's very flexible, readily adapting
to our changing requirements. We use Komodo every day, and are especially
impressed with Komodo's ease-of-use and debugging. We're extremely happy with
it." 
 
The release of Komodo 3.0 is supported by a new whitepaper by David Ascher,
ActiveState's Chief Technologist. The paper, entitled "Dynamic Languages:
Ready for the Next Challenges, By Design," identifies the unique strengths of
these languages in today's IT environment, and highlights their growing
importance in effective development strategies.
 
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ActiveState Releases Komodo 3.0 


Powerful IDE deepens support for dynamic languages 
VANCOUVER, BC, 2004/07/27

ActiveState, the leading provider of development tools and services for
dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and XSLT, today announced
Komodo 3.0, the new major release of its professional IDE for dynamic
languages. The announcement, made at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference,
details Komodo's new capabilities for rapidly building high-quality code, and
demonstrates ActiveState's continued commitment to professional tools that
facilitate the unique abilities of dynamic languages. 

Komodo 3.0 builds on the foundation of previous releases, with the addition
of deep object and code browsing, and a new debugger (built on the open
source DBGP protocol, co-authored by ActiveState), tightly integrated with
the new multi-language interactive shell. A host of other enhancements
include multi-user support, broad customization, powerful automation
(including macros and triggers), improved Rx (regular expression) Toolkit,
and emacs key bindings. 

Rich Words, infrastructure analyst at John Deere & Company, comments: 
"Komodo has reduced the time, complexity and potential errors associated with
developing our administrative systems. It's very flexible, readily adapting
to our changing requirements. We use Komodo every day, and are especially
impressed with Komodo's ease-of-use and debugging. We're extremely happy with
it." 

New in Komodo 3.0: 
* Code browser and object browser 
- Increases developer productivity through facilitating easier code 
browsing. 

* Interactive shell (Perl, Python & Tcl) 
- Allows developers to work smarter through testing, exploring and 
prototyping code in an interactive way. 

* New debugging system 
- Helps understand and fix bugs through a new system based on DBGP (an 
open debugger protocol standard). New capabilities include multi-session 
debugging, interactive debugging, enhanced variable viewers and a 
breakpoint manager. 

* Workgroup support 
- Facilitates collaboration through a "Shared Toolbox" so team-specific 
customizations can be shared between multiple users. 

* Find in files 
- Increases developer efficiency through allowing users to quickly 
search directories for files containing particular patterns. 

* Rx Toolkit 
- Redesigned from the ground up, the new tool kit supports Match, Match 
All, Replace, and Replace All. 

* Extensibility 
- Users can customize Komodo 3.0's interface and add menus and toolbars 
based on entries in the toolbox or loaded projects. 

* Macros & triggers 
- Reworked to allow easier recording, saving and editing of macros. The 
macro system allows power-users "deep" access into Komodo features, 
using familiar programming languages. 

"Komodo 3.0 offers a tremendous range of features across popular open source
languages. There's something for everyone." said Shane Caraveo, Komodo
Technical Lead at ActiveState. "Whether you're creating Python end-user
applications or Perl reporting scripts, coding PHP for websites, or remotely
managing Tcl programs, Komodo can help." 

Komodo offers a powerful workspace for editing, debugging and testing
applications, with advanced support for Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and XSLT, on
Linux, Solaris and Windows. Features include a customizable language-aware
editor, extensible workspace, source code control integration, web
technologies support (including CGI, XML & XSLT), a powerful regular
expression toolkit, and comprehensive debugging support. 

Komodo 3.0 Pro, for professional programmers, offers launch special pricing
of $245, until August 30, 2004 (regular price: $295). Komodo 3.0 Personal,
for educational or non-commercial use, is $29.50. 

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. For more information, see:
www.ActiveState.com
 
Media & Analyst Inquiries: 
Shantel Shave, ActiveState, a division of Sophos 
1.604.484.6454 
 
Melissa Wong, Horn Group 
1.415.905.4046
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ActiveState Announces Focus on Dynamic Languages 
 
New Industry Whitepaper: "Dynamic Languages: Ready for the Next Challenges,
By Design"
VANCOUVER, BC, 2004/07/27
 
ActiveState, the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages
such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and XSLT, today announced a major positioning
initiative that underscores its commitment to users of open source scripting
languages. 
 
The initiative introduces a streamlined product offering built around the
company's industry-standard languages distributions, ActivePerl, ActivePython
and ActiveTcl. The new line, which encompasses professional tools, support
packages and OEM licensing agreements, simplifies product and support
decisions for users ranging from individual programmers to large enterprises.
In addition, ActiveState has launched a new corporate identity platform,
website and tagline Dynamic Tools for Dynamic Languages.
 
A new whitepaper by David Ascher, ActiveState's Chief Technologist, expands
on the company's vision. The paper, entitled "Dynamic Languages: Ready for
the Next Challenges, By Design," updates Tcl creator John Ousterhout's
important 1998 piece, "Scripting: Higher-Level Programming for the 21st
Century" to identify the unique strengths of these languages in today's IT
environment, and highlight their growing importance in effective development
strategies.
 
Says Ascher, "These languages solve real programming challenges, proving
themselves both in spite of and thanks to  their independence from corporate
platform strategies. The aim of this paper is to articulate the situations
where dynamic languages are highly appropriate, so decision makers, project
managers and CIOs have the information they need to make strategic language
choices."
 
Other highlights of the paper include programming language categories and
definitions, myths about dynamic languages, and predictions for future
opportunities and challenges facing the industry.
 
For a free copy of the whitepaper, see: www.ActiveState.com/Dynamic
 
Further supporting the new initiative, today ActiveState also announced the
release of Komodo 3.0, its award-winning IDE for dynamic languages. For more
information on Komodo, see: 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. For more information, see:
www.ActiveState.com
 
Media & Analyst Inquiries:
Shantel Shave, ActiveState, a division of Sophos 
1.604.484.6454 
 
Melissa Wong, Horn Group 
1.415.905.4046