About Komodo IDE
Komodo IDE is a great tool for developers who are building more than just web pages. It has support for a wide variety of languages including Ruby, Rails, PHP, and more. If you're building Ajax web applications, you should take a look at this IDE. It is also great for teams as there is a lot of collaboration support built-into the IDE.
There are two versions of Komodo: Komodo Edit and Komodo IDE.
Target Market(s): Professional Web Developers or XML Developers
Review last updated: October 29, 2011.
Komodo IDE Latest Review
Komodo IDE Version: 6.1.3
Score: 213.5
Percent: 64%
This score was generated using the methodology listed in the article: Finding the Perfect Web Editor.
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Komodo IDE Technical Details
Operating System(s): Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX
Komodo IDE Features
- Text editor
- HTML validator
- Accessibility validator
- CSS validator
- XML validator
- Page preview
- Save pages as HTML with DTD
- Write HTML 5 documents
- Write XHTML documents
- Color coding
- Tag completion
- FTP or Site manager
- FTPs or Secure FTP
- Search and replace
- Extended search and replace (across multiple documents)
- Edit multiple files/tabbed file editing
- Special character tools
- Can edit JavaScript
- Helps with Ajax JSON, or jQuery pages
- Can edit CSS
- Additional CSS assistance
- CSS 3 properties and selectors
- Can edit PHP, ASP, or JSP
- Database connectivity
- Edit XML and/or RSS
- Save snippets of code
- Free templates
- Free scripts
- Version control
- Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)
- Customizable or extendable
- Free trial
- Upgrade discounts or freeware
- No limits on free or trial version
- No subscription fee required
- Sync your site by directory
- Save searches to use later with a plugin
What’s Missing from Komodo IDE
- WYSIWYG editor
- Alternate browser or OS preview
- Mobile device preview
- Mobile scripts, functions, or links
- Create mobile web applications
- Package mobile apps for delivery on app stores
- Edit images
- Connects to graphics software
- Multimedia functions
- Assistance with adding videos to websites
- Ability to add video and audio using HTML5 with fallback options
- Save Adobe AIR files
- Save files as PDF
- Link checker
- CSS3 media queries tools built-in
- Dynamic page rendering and editing with server-side programming languages (PHP, JSP, ASP, CFM, etc.)
- Google sitemaps
- Spell checking
- Writes to blogs
- Form wizard
- Photo gallery builder
- Ecommerce tools
- SEO assistance built-in
- Captcha support or other methods of protecting forms
