VANCOUVER, BC  December 18, 2001 - ActiveState, the leader in open
source programming tools, announces the release of Komodo 1.2 for Linux
and Windows.  Komodo is a cross-platform integrated development
environment for open source technologies and XSLT programming.  It is
optimized for programming languages such as Perl, Python, and Tcl and
now features cutting-edge XSLT and PHP editing and debugging
capabilities.  Support for consuming Web services has also been added.
This release also offers significant performance improvements over
previous versions.

"Komodo has all the power tools that Linux and Windows programmers at
any level would need," said Dick Hardt, Founder & CEO, ActiveState.
"The intuitive design and innovative editors and debuggers make it a
breeze to work with a number of powerful programming languages all in
one development environment."

Komodo has all the features of a professional IDE, such as a language
aware editor, graphical debugger, regular expression toolkit for Perl,
and distributed development support.  The intuitive environment is also
ideal for occasional programmers, with syntax checking, AutoCompletion,
and a powerful debugger to catch errors fast, as well as tutorials,
templates, and online documentation.

Key new features include:
* Performance – significantly improved debugging performance and
resource memory management
* XSLT debugger - takes the pain out of XSLT by making it simple to find
problems in both input data and code
* XSLT automatic output preview - eliminates time-consuming steps so you
can view your transformation results immediately
* PHP - PHP AutoCompletion, syntax checking and debugging plus debugging
of PHP files locally or on a remote Web server
* Web services – consume Web services for Perl, Python or PHP
* Tcl editing & debugging with a membership to ASPN Tcl; use Komodo’s
syntax checking and debugging with Tcl

"I'm a strictly emacs kind of developer, but I brought home a copy of
Komodo, decided to play around a bit, and is it ever good.  I'd
previously lost a collection of scripts for managing my website, and not
only did I rebuild the whole script I’d lost in hours, Komodo makes
turning ‘use strict’ on so painless that I went back and rebuilt a lot
of other stuff from memory just for fun.  Fantastic stuff -
ActiveState’s made programming a pleasure again," Clay Shirky, Writer
and Consultant, Shirky.com.

"I'm quite pleased at this Komodo release.  The Komodo development team
is especially proud of the Linux version, which is particularly
important for PHP users and others doing multi-platform development,"
said Dr. David Ascher, Komodo Project Lead.

Komodo 1.2 is $295 for a commercial license.  A non-commercial version
is $29.50.  Previous Komodo releases are available for educational use
for free.  More details and the download are at:
http://www.ActiveState.com/Komodo

About ActiveState:
ActiveState is the leading provider of open source based programming
products and services for cross-platform development. ActiveState's key
technologies are Perl, the Internet's most popular programming language;
Python and Tcl, user-friendly scripting languages; PHP, the dynamic Web
programming language; and XSLT, the XML transformation language. The
ActiveState Programmer Network (ASPN) offers these technologies with the
latest information and productivity tools, empowering programmers with
the freedom to work with their preferred language and development
environment.

Media & Analyst Contacts:
Lori Pike, ActiveState
604.808.6655
LoriP@[...].com

© ActiveState Corporation 2001.

ActiveState, ASPN and Komodo are trademarks of ActiveState Corp.  All
other company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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