Review of the new Komodo IDE 6: Great new features, one gripe
Dec 09, 2010, 14:03 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jack Wallen)
"For those in the market for a quality developer's IDE
(Integrated Development Environment), the recently released Komodo
IDE 6 is definitely worth looking at. I've been using Komodo since
its first version and it steadily keeps getting better. The first
few versions were pretty rough, and back then I did more PHP
development, so I had opted for Zend Studio, which handled PHP
development better. But when Zend decided to use Eclipse for the
foundation of Zend Studio, I once again went back to using Komodo
regularly. Since then, I have also been developing more in Python
than in PHP, which makes Komodo a natural fit. When I do swing back
to PHP, Komodo can handle it, as it also does when I need to do a
little bit of work in Perl.
"Database Explorer
"Komodo IDE 6 has some notable new features. The first is the
Database Explorer, which lets you poke around in local or remote
databases. This is a real boon for developers that need to work
with SQL data; instead of flipping between programs, you can stay
in Komodo to get your work done. It has also redesigned its file
management with a new file manager called Places; this also changes
how Projects are handled as they are more tightly integrated in the
new Places file manager. Places handles both local and remote file
systems and allows you to do much more than the previous file
manager did — in fact, all file manipulation such as copying,
creating new files or folders, and so forth, can all be done in the
new Places view."
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