ActiveState Announces Komodo Extensibility Challenge Winners at RailsConf
Award-winning enhancements available to all users on ActiveState community site

RailsConf 2007, Portland, OR, May 18, 2007--ActiveState, the leading provider of
tools and services for dynamic languages, announced the winners of the Komodo
Extensibility Challenge today at RailsConf 2007. The contest challenged
developers using Komodo IDE 4 or Komodo Edit 4 to create macros, templates,
snippets, run commands or XPI extensions for Komodo's open architecture, with
$2,000 in prizes to the winning entries.

Komodo added extensibility to its feature set with the January releases of
Komodo IDE 4.0, the powerful, multi-language IDE for end-to-end development of
dynamic web applications; and Komodo Edit 4.0, a free multi-language editor
based on the award-winning Komodo IDE. Firefox-style API extensions and
highly-configurable Run Commands allow developers to add their own advanced
capabilities with just a few lines of code.

The Extensibility Challenge offered prizes in two categories: Komodo XPI
Extensions and Komodo Toolbox Extensions. Entries were shortlisted by the Komodo
development team, based on code quality, user interface quality, usefulness, and
an admittedly subjective 'coolness' factor. Winners were chosen by the Komodo
user community, and are available now from ActiveState's community site at:
http://community.activestate.com/.

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Komodo XPI Extension Winners
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Grand Prize Winner: MySQL Console by Travis Swicegood
Adds a simple MySQL console to Komodo.

First Runner-Up: Clipboard Helper by Sean Cotes
Adds a "Copy Encoded" section to the editor's context menu with HTML and 
URL encoding support.

Second Runner-Up (tie): Find in Project Files by Brandon Corfman
Allows quick access to "Find in Files" on specific folders within a project
directory tree, especially when using Live Folders.

Second Runner-Up (tie): Fire Code Search by Micky Fire
Provides integration of Google Code (code.google.com) in Komodo.

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Komodo Toolbox Extension Winners
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Grand Prize Winner: Prolog UDL Extension by Martin Schmidt
Adds support for the Prolog language.

First Runner-Up: Komodo Modeline by Sean Cotes
Adds support for comment-based per-file preference customization, similar to the
"vim: ..." and Emacs "-*- ... -*-" modelines.

Second Runner-Up: MySQL Shortcuts by Travis Swicegood
A collection of run commands to execute the selected query, execute the current
file, get a number of rows via a derived table, get the results of an EXPLAIN
command, and run a handful of admin functions against tables.

Congratulations to all winners!

Also at RailsConf, ActiveState released Komodo IDE 4.1 featuring the most
advanced Ruby and Rails editing and debugging available in any development tool.
The powerful development framework Ruby on Rails is a popular choice for
developers seeking to create sophisticated web applications with ease. Komodo
IDE 4.1 extends this power and flexibility with state-of-the art debugging,
including support for Rails controllers and views, and a Ruby interactive shell,
available on its own or from within debugging sessions. The feature-rich editor
further simplifies development with autocomplete and calltips for Ruby and
RHTML, and support for the multi-language and templated files common in Rails
development.

Komodo IDE
Komodo IDE 4 is a powerful, multi-platform, multi-language IDE for end-to-end
development of dynamic web applications. Komodo IDE makes creating robust web
apps fast and easy, with a rich feature set for client-side Ajax technologies
such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced support for dynamic
languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Komodo IDE licenses are $295
US for use across Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Learn more at
http://www.activestate.com/komodo_ide. 

Komodo Edit
Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, Komodo Edit is a free, feature-rich
editor for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic languages, Ajax
technologies and platforms. For more information or to download, go to
www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages
such as JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Millions of developers rely
on ActiveState's cross-platform, professional development tools, high-quality
language distributions, and enterprise support services. ActiveState is owned by
its employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment company
focused on technology and healthcare sectors in British Columbia. Learn more at
www.activestate.com.

Contact Information

For media and analyst inquiries and access to the ActiveState Media Center,
please contact

Erin Williams
Communication Manager, ActiveState
1.778.786.1108
erinw at activestate dot com

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