Komodo Edit

About Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is hands down the best free XML editor available. It includes a lot of great features for HTML and CSS development. Plus, if that isn't enough, you can get extensions for it to add on languages or other helpful features (like special characters). It's not the best HTML editor, but it's great for for the price, especially if you build in XML. I use Komodo Edit every day for my work in XML and I use it a lot for basic HTML editing as well. This is one editor I'd be lost without.

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 Edit Version: 6.0.0
Score: 227
Percent: 68%
This score was generated using the methodology listed in the article: Finding the Perfect Web Editor.

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Operating System(s): Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX

Komodo Edit 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
• Edit XML and/or RSS
• Spell checking
• Save snippets of code
• Customizable or extendable
• Upgrade discounts or freeware
• No limits on free or trial version
• No subscription fee required
• Save searches to use again later with a plugin

What’s Missing from Komodo Edit

• 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.)
• Database connectivity
• Google sitemaps
• Writes to blogs
• Free templates
• Free scripts
• Form wizard
• Photo gallery builder
• Ecommerce tools
• SEO assistance built-in
• Captcha support or other methods of protecting forms
• Version control
• Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)

Full price: Free

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