Development Latest software reviews (Development > Mac): Softonic Reviews and free software downloads for Windows, Mac, Palm, Pocket PC, and Mobile Phones. The best programs and games. Buy software directly online. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:36 +0100 es-es http://en.softonic.com/images/softonic_xml.gif rss_img_description http://en.softonic.com/images/softonic_xml.gif http://en.softonic.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[ Coda 1.5 - One-window web development ]]> http://coda.en.softonic.com/mac

Coda unites all your different web development tools under one beautifully designed interface.

From text editor to previewer, CSS editor or terminal, Coda includes all you need to write up, review and upload your web pages. The program is flexible: projects are considered as sites, which sync perfectly with your server and maintain all your changes. You can connect to any server and thanks to the Transmit Turbo Engine quickly upload changes remotely.

In terms of editing, Coda offers up advanced features like auto completion, block editing or syntax coloring. You can also drag and drop clips of text anywhere. As of CSS, Coda offers two editing modes: visual and text, the first being more user friendly and the second best for advanced users. Coda has also thoughtfully integrated a terminal window, so you can run MYSQL queries quickly or connect to a local shell.

But it's the design that really stands out in Coda. Winner of the 2007 Apple Design Award, the program has been redesigned with a sleek Leopard GUI. Full of colors and smooth animations, Coda is a real pleasure to use and very well structured. The program even features a collection of reference books if you need a spark of knowledge to help you build your site.

Coda is a beautiful, all in one web development tool you can't go without if you're building web sites.

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<![CDATA[ CommandCenter 1.0.9 - System administration made easy ]]> http://commandcenter.en.softonic.com/mac

System administrators, this tool is for you. CommandCenter consolidates scripts and keeps a list of the servers you use, both UNIX and Linux.

CommandCenter makes it easy to execute or push any script in any language (Perl, Python, bash...) onto a server. If you work with multiple servers, you'll find CommandCenter gives you a focal point from where to handle them.

The quick run box is great to launch simple commands without wasting time.

The application also keeps full detailed logs of every action, every time you run a script or command run.

CommandCenter lets you set up an SSH session if you need a secure connection.

True, the interface isn't the most attractive you'll find for a Mac program, but CommandCenter gets the job done, which is what as a system administrator you are really looking for.

CommandCenter is a good solution to work with multiple UNIX and Linux servers.

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<![CDATA[ Navicat Lite 7.1.5 - Professional MySQL database manager for OS X ]]> http://premiumsoft-navicat.en.softonic.com/mac

PremiumSoft Navicat is a powerful MySQL database administration and development tool aimed at professionals and beginners alike. It has a user-friendly GUI and allows quick and easy creation and sharing of information.

This latest version includes a new import wizard that supports excel files; improvement of performance and usability; a tabbed window that performs multiple operations in a single window; virtual grouping providing better categorisation for objects and an event scheduler.

Since early 2001 PremiumSoft Navicat has been downloaded 1,100,000 times. There must be something good about it!

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<![CDATA[ GameMaker 3.9.91 - Create your own adventure games ]]> http://gamemaker.en.softonic.com/mac

GameMaker is an easy to use card based development system which allows you to create simple adventure games with graphics, buttons, and text. There is no programming required, but it does have a small programming language which can be used to make better games. Just draw the pictures, type some text, click a few buttons, choose some options... and PRESTO, an adventure game is completed! You can then compile your game into a real stand-alone application that can be uploaded to online services.

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<![CDATA[ Tumult HyperEdit 1.6 - Live HTML and PHP editor ]]> http://tumult-hyperedit.en.softonic.com/mac

Tumult HyperEdit is an excellent editor that can be used for a number of situations. It works equally well with HTML, PHP or CSS.

Thanks to its WYSIWYG feel, Tumult HyperEdit is simple enough for even beginners to get to grips with. The application offers real time preview of your changes such as when rendering or applying different CSS on a page.

The live HTML W3C-based validation tool will show you errors in red and store them in an error drawer. Tumult HyperEdit also highlights syntax with different colors and fonts.

Tumult HyperEdit comes with a Javascript code evaluator and has an option not to cache data, so externally-changed files are reloaded every time.

Tumult HyperEdit can not only be used for creating websites but is great for correcting bugs, previewing CSS or testing PHP code.

Overall, Tumult HyperEdit is pleasant to work with and has enough features that most programmers and designers will enjoy using it. An excellent choice.

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<![CDATA[ Serverskine 1.0.5 - Web development info manager ]]> http://serverskine.en.softonic.com/mac

Serverskine helps you keep all servers, domains and hosting accounts in one place. This repository for all your web development related accounts offers an accessible interface and simple tools.

Adding a new account, such as a sever is very easy to do. Serverskine also features buttons to directly connect to your servers and domains online. By opening up a side window you can view and edit account details such as passwords and usernames. Serverskine lets you add an unlimited number of entries, which you should find easily thanks to the search box.

Removing a domain, server or hosting account in Serverskine is as simple as selecting the undesired element and pressing the minus button.

Even though Serverskine is fairly easy to use, it clearly lacks a help file for new users. When I tried opening it from the menu bar, all that appeared was a message saying the help file did not exist.

Serverskine is simple storage for your domains, servers and hosting accounts.

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<![CDATA[ SEEdit Maxi 2008 R8 - Excellent XHTML editor ]]> http://seedit.en.softonic.com/mac

SEEdit Maxi is what we could call an HTML editor on the go. This software works similarly to any basic HTML editor but spices things up with its own set of features. SEEdit Maxi sports a simple interface which gives easy access to all the options you need. The editor toolbox handles all major classes, and lets you pick and choose elements. Quick Insert CSS, just as its name says, is a fast way to create cascading style sheets. It covers all the necessary details of CSS, from background to text or print. Similarly, we appreciate the CSS and XHTMl snippets options to insert already existing snippets of your own, and with an auto-complete function, you won’t waste time editing. As a lightweight and practical HTML editor, we recommend SEEdit Maxi to users seeking a solid and straightforward way to build their web page.

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<![CDATA[ LinkAssistant SEO Tool 2.5.22 - Improve your search engine visibility ]]> http://linkassistant-seo-tool.en.softonic.com/mac

Are you looking for an SEO tool that'll help you improve your Search Engine visibility, increase your link popularity and get more targeted traffic to your site? If so, you've come to the right place. This site is home of LinkAssistant SEO Tool, a search engine optimization software program designed to automate the many tedious link building tasks us SEOs need to do on a daily basis — to get our sites to the top in Search Engines.

LinkAssistant SEO Tool gives you a complete, feature-rich, easy-to-use environment to manage just about every link development job there is — from finding high-quality link partners to generating a custom links directory and monitoring your progress.

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<![CDATA[ RAGE WebDesign 2.9.8.2 - Fully expandable HTML editor ]]> http://rage-webdesign.en.softonic.com/mac

The fully featured HTML Editor and web authoring software, WebDesign gives you full control over your web site code, design and structure allowing you to develop fast, effective and the most compatible web sites possible. Providing support for HTML, XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, PHP, Javascript, ASP, XML, VBScript and more, WebDesign comes ready to work with all your web site documents. WebDesign includes everything you need from writing your web page, making sure it works ok in all web browsers and then getting it online with the FREE web hosting included.

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<![CDATA[ phpMyAdmin 2.11.8.1 - Manage MySQL databases via the web ]]> http://phpmyadmin.en.softonic.com/mac

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges,export data into various formats and is available in 50 languages.

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<![CDATA[ Web Site Maestro 6.5.3 - Update and optimize your web pages automatically ]]> http://web-site-maestro.en.softonic.com/mac

Web Site Maestro is recommended if you manage more than one web site and/or you need extras like tag and link checking, plus instant uploading and other FTP facilities.

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<![CDATA[ Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Easily design, develop and maintain websites ]]> http://dreamweaver.en.softonic.com/mac

With Adobe Dreamweaver you get an intuitive yet powerful tool to design and put up your own websites. Dreamweaver is tailored both for beginners and more advanced users as it includes many tutorials and help and a solid collection of advanced features that designers will enjoy working with.

Organized in the classic Adobe style that you immediately recognize in any of the developer's programs, Dreamweaver gives you easy access to all your editing and designing tools. You can work with a full code or full design view, however most people will prefer to choose the split view, which is much more flexible to edit with.

You'll find Dreamweaver makes it easy to insert any sort of element, whether an image, a Flash file or a piece of audio. Elements can be moved around an adjusted until you are happy with the layout of your pages.

This latest version has improved the CSS capabilities in Dreamweaver with more templates, and a tool to manage your styles and move them to your own style sheets. The CSS code also comes with comments that explain how it works and how to use it, something that beginners and experienced users alike should appreciate.

I was a little disappointed that the interface only underwent slight cosmetic changes, but the biggest drawback of all to Dreamweaver in my opinion is still the price. Even though it's a powerful application, not everybody will be ready to pay $399 for it. You'll also have to make for sufficient disk space to accomodate the 1GB installer package.

Adobe Dreamweaver is a reference in terms of web designing, editing and creating and offers alot of help and guidance.

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<![CDATA[ SQLEditor 1.4 - Visual database design ]]> http://sqleditor.en.softonic.com/mac

SQLEditor is a tool that allows you to create basic SQL databases graphically. You can create the tables and fields using a drag and drop approach, then edit and export the database as an SQL file or as an Entity relationship diagram.

Key Features:

  • Visual editing, including drag and drop
  • With SQLEditor's reverse enginering facility you can import existing databases to diagram and SQLEditor will create a diagram for you.
  • Once you've created your diagram you can export it directly via JDBC to one of several supported database systems including Postgresql and MySQL.
  • You can save your database to an SQL instruction (DDL) file for immediate use on remote servers or with other tools.
  • Import existing DDL files directly into SQLEditor
  • Copy and paste to import and export supported SQL to and from SQLEditor
  • You can print out designs so that you can see your database up on the wall(1). SQLEditor also supports PDF output for easy sharing.

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<![CDATA[ OverSite 2.4.5 - Generate site maps ]]> http://oversite.en.softonic.com/mac

OverSite allows you to easily define your web site's hierarchy. Create sections and subsections, and fill them with pages. Rearrange your structure with OverSite's easy drag-and-drop interface. Tag sections and pages as multi-page templates, user-entry forms, external site content, and password-protected content. Automatically generate a graphical map of your site, and test your site's interactivity with OverSite's automated click-thru screen. And once you're done, you can export your site structure into real files and folders to help you hit the ground in building your site.

Features of the OverSite application include:

  • An easy-to-use hierarchy editor with drag-and-drop functionality and multiple undo levels.
  • Ability to import pre-existing Web sites, and modify their site structures.
  • Ability to export site structures as folders and HTML files.
  • Automatic sitemap generation with OverSite's Graphical view.
  • Graphical view settings, which allow you to adjust the look of the auto-generated site map.
  • Ability to test site interaction with OverSite's auto-generated Click-Thru view.

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<![CDATA[ Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) 1.1 - Build and deploy rich web apps on your desktop ]]> http://adobe-integrated-runtime-air.en.softonic.com/mac

Adobe's new cross-operating system runtime opens up much more possibilities to both developers and everyday computer users. It allows developers to create new web applications using HTML, XML, Javascript and Flex. What's more they aren't limited to using Adobe's library, but can create, share and use their own to create specific web applications.

For users, it gives access to new and exciting rich internet applications (RIA) which can be run straight from their desktop. These use very little memory, are usually quick to launch and execute and have very smooth animations. A quick visit to the Adobe Showcase Gallery and you get an idea of the sort of applications that are being developed for AIR: a Google Analytics Reporting Suite, a Twitter desktop client, a movie discovery tool and much, much more. The possibilities are endless and really depend on the creativity of developers.

While I've had some errors with AIR, especially when installing new apps, I'm overall very impressed with it. Quietly but surely, we're seeing more and more exciting web applications being developed. Install AIR to be part of the web applications revolution!

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<![CDATA[ Aqua Data Studio 6.5.11 - Query analyzer that works with Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL and more ]]> http://aqua-data-studio.en.softonic.com/mac

Aqua Data Studio is a database query tool and administration tool that allows developers to easily create, edit, and execute SQL scripts, as well as browse and visually modify database structures. Aqua Data Studio provides an integrated database environment with a single consistent interface to all major relational databases. This allows the database administrator or developer to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously from one application.

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<![CDATA[ RapidWeaver 4.0.1 - Everything you need to create your website easily ]]> http://rapidweaver.en.softonic.com/mac

Want to finally create that website you've been thinking about? Don't worry you don't actually need to be an expert designer or programmer to build your own. Applications like RapidWeaver make it easy to create and publish websites.

RapidWeaver offers a very clean GUI from which you can easily pick out what elements to create for your website such as a movie album, contact form or styled text. The application comes with 40 different themes, and you can easily find hundreds more created by users from the developer site. Just click on one of the themes from the bottom half of the interface to select it. If you have some coding knowledge you can also work with the xhtml and css to tweak themes to your liking. The application also includes its very own open RapidWeaver Sandwich file format so you can work on your website outside of the program.

Publishing is really simple in RapidWeaver. Once your page is saved, just enter the login details for your FTP or .Mac account and pres publish. Thanks to the preview button at the top left you can also check how your pages will look in a browser before publishing.

Although you can work with the PHP, XHTML and CSS some more advanced users might find it too basic.

However, thanks to a clean interface, lots of themes and easy publishing, RapidWeaver makes it easy for anyone to have their own website online in minutes.

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<![CDATA[ Versions 1.0 b1 - Subversion client for Mac ]]> http://versions.en.softonic.com/mac

Versions offers an attractive interface to work with Subversion.

Subversion (SVN) is a version control system that allows you to maintain historical versions of all your files. It is very widely used in the open source community and competes directly with the CVS format. The advantage of working with SVN is that it keeps track of all your changes and lets you find previous versions easily.

Versions is still in Beta, so it might be a little unstable, but you already see it's looking to be very promising. The application offers three sections: browse, timeline and transcript. You'll start by creating a new online repository in Beanstalk then adding new repository bookmarks. These are always displayed on the left side of the interface, so they're always immediately accessible. You can easily update or commit your changes and Versions lets you quickly compare differences, see local changes and includes a blame/annotate tool.

Versions makes working with Subversions easier than ever. The full release will be highly awaited by many a programmer.

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<![CDATA[ Sparkle 1.5 b1 - Free software updates for all ]]> http://sparkle.en.softonic.com/mac

Developers of Mac software, if you haven't got Sparkle already, then make sure you grab a copy of it. This free little framework allows you add add update functionalities to your applications.

Sparkle offers developers a lot of functionalities and is easy to work with. It uses appcasts to deliver the latest release notes and lets you notify users of updates in many ways. The Sparkle name and logo never actually appear in your application's update information and you won't need to add any sort of code or extra programming in your program to implement it. Sparkle will also display detailed progress of an update to the user. The program is both 32 and 64 bit compatible

This latest version notably includes dual-mode garbage collection and can install .pkg files for more complicated applications. Sparkle is not limited to applications as it can also work with plugins, preference panes, bundles and any other sort of file that requires updates.

If there's one thing missing from it, it's a help guide for new users. The test app, framework and extras come unbundled so it would have been nice to have a little tutorial for simple setup. On the whole though, Sparkle is very easy to use and most developers will have no trouble with it.

Sparkle makes implementing updates to your application a breeze.

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<![CDATA[ Taco HTML Edit 2.0 - Full-featured HTML and PHP editor ]]> http://taco-html-edit.en.softonic.com/mac

A good html editor is essential if you want to get some coding done or work on a website. Taco HTML Edit lets you edit both HTML and PHP in a simple and tabbed interface.

Taco lets you quickly insert specific characters and create clips of code. You can also add any link, image, list or table. The tree view on the left always gives you an idea of which document you are working on. The difference between Preview and Live Preview isn't clear at first, but actually the first one will open up your default browser while the second will show the result in a pane at the bottom half of the interface.

I enjoyed working with tabs and the Batch find tool to look for specific code. The code completion tool is also really handy, helping you out.

I did find Taco HTML Edit somewhat sluggish at times, especially when working with multiple times.

Although it can be a little slow, Taco HTML Edit is a good html and php editor with some useful tools and a good multi-pane interface.

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