Solutions to Improve Development Productivity
Fast, efficient, high-caliber software development is critical for success. But it's hard to achieve. In fact, Standish Group estimates that software projects miss deadlines or fall short of specs 68% of the time.
If you build software applications with Perl, Python or Tcl, there's help for your team. Companies like Cisco, HP, Siemens, CA and VMWare rely on ActiveState to save in-house teams days or even weeks of software development time. Here's how:
High Quality Language Distributions
Millions of developers around the world use ActiveState's industry's leading commercial-grade language distributions for Perl, Python, and Tcl. Whether you're using dynamic languages to run mission-critical applications or in open source projects, ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl provide worry-free implementation and cut time in installing and managing common modules. Our language distributions are precompiled for easy out-of-the-box installation and are available in various editions to suit developer and business needs.
Industry Experts at Your Fingertips
Cut down on valuable time wasted on troubleshooting Perl, Python and Tcl modules and code. Take advantage of leading best practices advice on module usage, expert how-to guidance on database connectivity, customized installations and fast diagnosis of code problems or leaks.
ActiveState Enterprise Edition and Business Edition give you priority access to ActiveState's core Perl, Python and Tcl developers for fast response times, best practices guidance, and enterprise-tested fixes. Our experts have decades of dynamic languages experience to help you meet deadlines and improve application performance to keep overall project costs down and productivity of your staff high.
Fast, Easy and Accurate Open Source Licensing
If you include dynamic languages in distributed software or hardware, ActiveState OEM Editions guarantee assurance and eliminate legal risk that goes along with distributing ActivePerl, ActivePython or ActiveTcl in commercial applications. Plus it saves your team the time and effort it takes to sort out complex licensing terms. ISVs and hardware vendors like CA, VMWare, Cisco and many others rely on ActiveState's OEM solutions for accurate, turn-key licensing.
Tools for Faster Dynamic Language Programming
ActiveState development tools give teams the edge they'll need to meet tight deadlines:
Perl Dev Kit (PDK) enables you to build and deploy Perl applications on any platform with speed and ease. PDK provides essential tools for building and deploying cross-platform Perl applications while enforcing best practices, improving code quality and heightening performance across teams.
Tcl Dev Kit (TDK) is made up of essential tools that make it easy to create, build and deploy Tcl applications on various platforms. Understand complex code at a glance with a visual guide to component relationships and kill bugs faster with a cross-platform graphical debugger.
Komodo IDE is ActiveState’s award-winning, professional development environment for out-of-the-box development with web and other dynamic scripting languages.