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| SlickEdit | |
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| Developers | SlickEdit, Inc. |
| Stable release | 2024 (2024) |
| Operating system | Linux,macOS,Windows |
| Size | ~642 MB |
| Type | Source code editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
SlickEdit, previously known asVisual SlickEdit,[1] is a cross-platform commercialsource code editor,text editor, andIntegrated Development Environment developed by SlickEdit, Inc. SlickEdit has integrated debuggers for GNUC/C++,Java,WinDbg, Clang C/C++ LLDB,Groovy,Google Go,Python,Perl,Ruby,Scala,PHP,Xcode, and AndroidJVM/NDK. SlickEdit includes built-in "beautifiers" that can enhance code as it is typed, code navigation, context tagging (also known asIntelligent code completion), symbol references, third-party tool integration, DIFFZilla[2] (a file comparison tool),syntax highlighting, and 15 emulations (that include keyboard and selection styles).
In 2014, SlickEdit released a limited version of their product named SlickEdit Standard, and renamed their original product SlickEdit Pro.
SlickEdit runs on sevenoperating systems:[3]Windows,MacOS.[4]Linux,AIX,HP-UX, andSolaris (SPARC and x86)
SlickEdit supports over 76programming languages and file types,[5] includingC, C++, C#,Groovy (programming language), Java,JavaScript, Objective-C, Google Go,HTML, PHP,XML,Windowsbatch files,AWK,Makefiles, andINI files. Some of these are only supported with syntax highlighting, such asMakefiles and INI files. Like most other code editors, SlickEdit allows the user to add support for additional languages and to modify the way it operates on the ones listed above. SlickEdit also supports openingVisual Studio solutions andXcode projects as workspaces.
Slick-C is the proprietaryscripting language of the editor. Much of the editor is actually written in Slick-C, and all the Slick-C source code is included with the product. This means that the user can look at how things work and modify the behavior to suit their needs.[6][page needed]
SlickEdit can edit files up to 2 Terabytes.[7]
SlickEdit began in 1988 as a character-mode editor forMS-DOS andOS/2. Clark Maurer, currently CEO of SlickEdit Inc. (formerly MicroEdge Inc.), was employed atIBM's Watson research lab. He was the developer of the internal IBM editorE; the most popular internal program used at IBM at the time. This experience enabled him to quit IBM and begin development of the first SlickEdit releases.[8]
At the beginning of the 1990s, most DOS editors were struggling with limitations of the 16-bit address space or DOS memory handling (640k). SlickEdit's programmers found a way to overcome these limitations.
As operating systems withgraphical user interfaces became more popular, SlickEdit continued to produce versions of the program with high functionality and good usability. Today SlickEdit is feature rich inC++,C#,Java,JavaScript,PHP,HTML,Objective-C,Groovy, Google Go, and many more. SlickEdit can be used for everything fromWeb Development, IOS Development,Android software development, and Desktop Development to Mainframe Development. SlickEdit supports debugging for GNUC/C++,Java,WinDbg,Groovy, Google Go,Python,Perl,Ruby, PHP,Xcode, and Android JVM/NDK.
In a review of version 11 of SlickEdit, released in 2006, Tom Plunket reviewing it for theGame Developer, suggested that it suffers from an overabundance of features:
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.[9]
In 2012, Shawn Powers also reviewed the software for theLinux Journal, concluding that it "is an amazing tool".[10]
