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UnixReview.com
May 2005
Review: Weighing Up Visual SlickEdit 10.0
by Emmett Dulaney
It's spring, and there are two ways that I know this for certain. The first
is that the robins have reappeared in Indiana. The second is that there is yet
another version of Visual SlickEdit on the shelves. As sarcastic as that may
sound, what is undeniable is that Visual SlickEdit is one of the few products
that gets better with age.
For years now, Visual SlickEdit has been one of my favorite coding tools.
Its ability to allow programmers to "Code Quick | Think Slick" is
unparalleled in any other product I am aware of. It has the ability to run on
Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows with equal ease. In addition to its multiple
platforms, key selling points of the product include:
- Code beautification capabilities
- Customizable emulations
- Fast application speed
- File differencing faculties as well as merging
- File support up to 2GB
- Intelligent symbol analysis and code completion
- Macro support (record and program)
To convince yourself, you can download a
15-day
trial version.
What's New in Version 10.0?
For many versions now, Visual SlickEdit has been a cross-platform programming editor with support for more than
40 programming languages (including Ada, C, C++, C#, dBASE, HTML, Java, JCL, Perl, Python, VBScript, XML, YACC, and so on).
It has had such features such as context tagging, code browsing, and keyboard emulation. More recently, version 9.0 added:
- C++ Refactoring — Allows developers to improve the structure of source
code for better performance.
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