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"overall review"
jody S. - freelancerOctober 5, 2019
STARTING PRICE
Not provided by software provider
EASE OF USE
4.4/5
Based on Capterra user reviews
Integrated development environment that helps businesses edit text for dynamic programming languages.
Provider
ActiveState Software
Located In
Canada
Foundation
1998
Open API
Unverified
Support
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Content Source: Komodo IDE
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Komodo IDE Reviews
Pros
This IDE supports a lot of languages and will support all the popular ones. I got this IDE because when I was learning python the tutorial I'm following uses this IDE.
I love how easy it is to navigate this software. Every function is at your fingertips.
And if the editing aspects are very good and consistent during its use offering the greatest comfort, a friendly environment and no doubt some is at the height of the best programming editors.
I love the speed that this IDE has to offer and yet it is so simple keep up the good work.
Cons
So far, there haven't been attributes that I don't like.
There are some options that you might need to fix from the default before you start coding or you might encounter some problems later on.
The navigation tabs and buttons are too much and could be confusing especially for newbie.
I have found that it can lag sometimes. This usual happens when I am trying to tab complete something in Python that has many possible results.
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Simple HTML editor
Guy G.
"overall review"
Pros: this software I quite like the features offered
Cons: I really like this software, the installation is very easy
"ActiveState Komodo IDE Review"
Overall: Excellent! I cannot fault this software and have used it for many years now as my primary code editor for web development.
Pros: The software is easy to install. The installation process is the same as any other piece of software. The editor has a number of advanced code editing features that are essential for web development. Komodo IDE allows you to use multiple tabs with different coding languages on each tab. This is great for multitasking. Tabs can be bookmarked and will reopen from a previously closed sessions. The find and replace capabilty is a life saver! You can search through an individual file or many different files for specific segments of code. All of this comes FREE!
Cons: There are so many powerful features within Komdo IDE that can make the software a little more demanding on my desktop system than other code editors.
"Solid choice for an IDE"
Overall: Komodo has been part of my programming work for many years. It's a great tool that keeps getting better.
Pros: I've used a lot of IDEs over the years and this is one of my favorites. It works well, has support (syntax highlighting, etc) for every language I've used it for, and has worked well on every time of machine and OS. The interface is clean and minimalist yet has lots of options for customization. Once I got it set up for my work flow, it has been a real time saver. There is also a free "edit" version for home use or special projects. They regularly push out new versions.
Cons: The top menu is so small and compact it can be hard to pick what you are looking for. It could be more efficient. While I like that remote editing (via FTP) is available, servers seem to work one day and not the next. It may have a bit of a learning curve for a beginner.
"It is very fast and with all the necessary tools to develop efficient applications"
Overall: The environment offered by this product is very good which allows to create applications of good quality, is fully integrated, also supports several programming languages that allow us to have everything in one place, avoiding using different editors for each case, in other words improves the productivity significantly.
Pros: One of the advantages is that it is a multi-platform which can be worked on Linux, Mac or Windows, which greatly facilitates the access and implementation of the product. It is also a free code product since it is offered with the same license as the Firefox browser. and if the editing aspects are very good and consistent during its use offering the greatest comfort, a friendly environment and no doubt some is at the height of the best programming editors.
Cons: It does not have a debugger so you can not observe what happens with the program when it is executed, besides the cost of the license is somewhat high, which lowers the profitability for some organizations and users.
"Komodo for developers"
Overall: My experience was really good, I love the differents tools, the differents options and the environment.
Pros: The principal pros are that this software it's really useful, this software provide us a lot of functions, a lot of tools that help you to write and edit the text in a really easy way, thanks to this it's easy to create a great environment for programming.
Cons: The principal cons it's the graphic interface, it have a lot of buttons and bars that it can confuse to some new users and it makes that the people prefers another software.
