FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Komodo Supports OpenSocial Development
ActiveState launches extension to support social networking open standards


December 4, 2007, Vancouver, BC â?? ActiveState released a extension today 
that enables their award-winning Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit to speed 
social network application development. The free OpenSocial API 
extension is available from the Komodo Community site, and helps 
developers build great applications for OpenSocial communities like 
Friendster, LinkedIn, and MySpace.


The new OpenSocial API extension, built by the Komodo dev team, adds 
autocompletion for OpenSocial JavaScript and Google Gadget XML APIs to 
Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit. With this feature, developers working on 
OpenSocial applications don't need OpenSocial API expertise or need to 
constantly refer to the documentation to write great OpenSocial apps. 
The OpenSocial API speeds standards-based development using developers' 
existing JavaScript and XML knowledge.


Since the release of Komodo IDE 4.0 in January, the multi-platform 
development environment for open technologies has been easily 
extensible, allowing developers to add cool tools and custom features.


"Google's OpenSocial effort to bring social networking closer to a truly 
open system is fantastic," said Shane Caraveo, Komodo Lead at 
ActiveState. "ActiveState supports open standards on the Internet, such 
as the Open Web initiative to provide choice and freedom for users and 
application developers. To promote and support these efforts, the Komodo 
team at ActiveState added tools for OpenSocial APIs to Komodo."


ActiveState entered the social networking space earlier this year, 
inspired by their innate curiosity about technology and the web. The 
first initiative was developing and launching Up4, a popular social 
networking app that helps you spend more time with your friends.


"Komodo's a great development environment for social networking apps," 
said Simon Wex, Lead Provider of Ones and Zeros, ActiveState Social 
Networking Team. "The OpenSocial API extension for Komodo IDE means 
developers can create cool apps faster."


Developers can add the OpenSocial API extension to Komodo IDE or Komodo 
Edit from the Komodo Community site at 
http://community.activestate.com/addons.


Read more about ActiveState's Social Networking work at 
http://socialnetworking.activestate.com.


About Komodo IDE and Komodo Edit
Komodo IDE 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 and a single 
license covers users across Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Learn more at 
www.activestate.com/komodo_ide.


Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, Komodo Edit is a free, 
feature-rich editor for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic 
languages and platforms. Learn more at www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.


About Up4
Up4 is a social networking application that encourages real-world 
interactions between friends using Facebook. Up4 users tell their 
friends when they are up for something and what kinds of activities they 
are up for. Up for the beach after work? Up for a show Friday night? Or 
just up for hanging out Sunday afternoon? Up4 users spend more time 
together in real life and get together with a wider circle of friends. 
For more information, visit apps.facebook.com/your-upfors/.


About ActiveState

ActiveState creates professional software development tools, programming 
language distributions and business solutions for dynamic languages, and 
practical tools and applications for social networking platforms. 
ActiveState solves complex problems and produces cool and useful 
applications that help people live more productive and enjoyable lives. 
ActiveState technology "just works." ActiveState is owned by its 
employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment 
company focused on technology in British Columbia. For more information, 
visit www.activestate.com.


Contact Information

For media inquiries or access to the ActiveState Media Center, contact:
Erin Williams
Komodo Marketing Lead, ActiveState
1.778.786.1108
erinw@[...].com


Sebastian Troen
Social Networking Marketing Lead, ActiveState
1.778.786.1137
sebastiant@[...].com


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