ActiveState Sharpens the World's Fiercest IDE With Release of Komodo 7.1

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - Jul 17, 2012) - ActiveState, whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud, today announced the release of Komodo IDE 7.1, the latest version of the "world's fiercest IDE." Komodo is an award-winning multi-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl and web development.

Komodo IDE 7.1 offers performance enhancements to encourage faster web application development, including automatic variable highlighting, new Source Code Control push capabilities, debugging of cloud-deployed apps within the ActiveState Stackato Platform-as-a-Service environment, and support for PHP 5.4, Node.js 0.8, Python 3.3, Perl 5.16 and Ruby 1.9.3. Komodo IDE 7.1's language extension feature lets users add their own languages.

"The Komodo IDE continues to push the development environment envelope," said Bart Copeland, CEO and president of ActiveState. "Komodo has long been a hallmark of efficient application development. With its seamless Stackato integration, Komodo 7.1 makes it easy for developers to innovate using the language that's right for their enterprise, and then -- with Stackato -- deploy effortlessly to the cloud."

"Komodo has always been fast, furious and user-friendly," said Todd Whiteman, Komodo development lead at ActiveState. "Komodo 7.1 stays true to that mantra. We are always implementing practical improvements, as well as supporting the latest language versions, like PHP 5.4, Node.js 0.8 and Ruby 1.9.3. And of course, we're moving into a new generation of platforms, supporting Stackato as an enterprise-ready Platform-as-a-Service."

The Komodo 7.1 full release notes are available online at http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/7.1/releases/ide.html. Developers can download a free 21-day trial of Komodo IDE 7.1 from http://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide/downloads.

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About ActiveState (http://www.activestate.com)
ActiveState empowers innovation from code to cloud smarter, safer, and faster. ActiveState's cutting-edge solutions give developers and enterprises the power and flexibility to develop in Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, Node.js, PHP, Tcl, and more. Stackato is ActiveState's groundbreaking application platform for creating a private platform as a service (PaaS), and is the cost-effective, secure, and portable way to develop and deploy apps to the cloud. ActiveState is proven for the enterprise: More than two million developers and 97% of Fortune-1000 companies use ActiveState's end-to-end solutions to develop, distribute, and manage their software applications. Global customers like Cisco, CA, HP, Bank of America, Siemens, and Lockheed Martin look to ActiveState to save time, save money, minimize risk, ensure compliance, and reduce time to market.