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Data. It's everywhere. We leave a trail of it everywhere we go, both on the web, and in real life, and these days there aren't many applications that don't use a database, even if it's just a simple table to track high scores in a game. And while the languages Komodo supports are great for interacting with databases, if you wanted to view your database tables you needed to use a tool outside Komodo.

If you're new to Komodo, you probably won't know or care that the Project system has just undergone a huge change. The left sidebar now displays a file browser called Places that works pretty much like a regular file manager. Beneath it is a sub-pane called Projects, and with a little poking around you can quickly figure out how they work together.

Komodo 6 includes support for the latest and greatest web technologies,like HTML5 and CSS3.

HTML5

Komodo already provides a slew of great features for working with HTML, such as

The wait is over: Komodo IDE 6 has been released!

After months of development and beta testing (thanks, beta testers!) we're proud to announce that Komodo 6 is now officially available.

PEP 8 (the document) is the official coding style guide for Python programmers. pep8 (the utility) is a tool to check for style deviations in your Python source code. Here is how you can quickly integrate pep8 checking for your code in Komodo.

We (ActiveState) released Komodo 6.0 RC 1 today and we want your feedback. If you are using beta 3 from about a month ago you can update via Komodo's Help > Check for Updates... menu entry.

Last Thursday the LA Zoo & Botanical Gardens tweeted that they’d successfully hatched 22 Komodo dragons (more info). That’s awesome! Congratulations to the Zoo staff on their efforts.

I like it when a Komodo tech support email comes in that makes me think "Good question. I don't know the answer. I bet we could make this work though."

One such question arrived last week from a long-time Komodo user who wanted us to make Komodo "portable" so that he could run it from a USB stick when he was travelling. Not everyone uses a laptop after all.

We (ActiveState) released Komodo 6.0 beta 3 today and we want your feedback. If you tried beta 2 from about a month ago and hit stability issues, I’m pleased to note that we’ve squashed a few major crasher bugs: beta 3 is much more stable. We’ve made some significant performance improvements as well. Update via Komodo’s Help > Check for Updates… menu entry and give it another try.

ActiveState is pleased to sponsor this year's  Django Dash 2010, a 48-hour competition for Django enthusiasts to "flex and show off their coding skills".

Registration: August 1 - 7
Competition: August 14 - 15
Winners Announced: August 31