SlickEdit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Developer: | SlickEdit, Inc. |
---|---|
Latest release: | 11 / |
OS: | Cross-platform |
Use: | source code editor and IDE |
License: | proprietary |
Website: | www.slickedit.com |
SlickEdit is a source code editor and integrated development environment (IDE) by SlickEdit, Inc. SlickEdit provides syntax highlighting, code navigation and a customizable keyboard shortcuts. The latest version, 11, also supports code templates.
Contents |
[edit] History
SlickEdit started as a feature-rich source code editor. It boasted syntax highlighting, extensive customization ability via macros and could emulate the key bindings (keyboard shortcuts) of many mainstream text editors. From version to version it has been augmented with more features. Now it is a full IDE that can federate with many mainstream compilers and source code management systems. And, of course, it can host integrated debugging sessions.
[edit] Supported languages
SlickEdit supports a wide variety of programming languages, including[1]:
- Ada programming language
- ANTLR
- AppleScript®
- AWK
- Bourne shell scripts
- C
- C Shell
- C#
- C++
- CFML
- CFScript
- Ch
- CICS
- COBOL
- config files
- DB2
- DTD
- Fortran
- High Level Assembler
- HTML
- IDL
- INI
- InstallScript
- J#
- Java
- JavaScript
- JCL
- JSP
- Lex
- Makefile
- Modula-2
- Objective-C
- Pascal
- Perl
- PHP
- PL/I
- PL/SQL
- PowerNP Assembler
- Progress 4GL
- PV-Wave®
- Python
- REXX
- Ruby
- SAS
- Slick-C™
- Tcl
- Transact SQL
- VBScript
- Verilog
- VHDL
- Visual Basic
- Visual Basic .NET
- Windows batch files
- x86 Assembly
- XML
- XSD
- Yacc
It also supports some other languages for syntax highlighting alone. One of SlickEdit's strongest features is the ability to customize it to allow it to recognize any language not natively supported. This is done using SlickEdit's proprietary script language, Slick-C.
[edit] Operating systems
SlickEdit runs on a number of operating systems, including[2]:
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- Mac OS X (using X11)
- Various distributions of Unix
[edit] Support
In addition to direct support for customers, SlickEdit also hosts a web forum where users can help one another.[3]
[edit] Criticisms
According to some, SlickEdit suffers from an overabundance of features. In a review of version 11 of SlickEdit, Tom Plunket wrote:
SlickEdit ends up being a very complex piece of software. Some of its most promising features are hard to use, and configuring the program to work to any one developer's tastes can be tedious... its power can only be harnessed by people who are ready to spend considerable time learning how to truly use it.[4] |
[edit] Related products
SlickEdit also two related packages which integrate into existing IDEs:
- SlickEdit Plug-In: Integrates the SlickEdit editor for use in the Eclipse IDE[5]
- SlickEdit Tools: Integrates additional tools and utilities into Microsoft's Visual Studio [6]
[edit] References
- ^ SlickEdit's supported languages
- ^ SlickEdit's supported operating systems
- ^ SlickEdit support
- ^ Plunket, T. (2006, August). Skunk Works: SlickEdit's SlickEdit 11. Game Developer, 10-11.
- ^ SlickEdit Plug-In page
- ^ SlickEdit Tools page