; General principles of the software * :
: In a few words, what is your software, and what does it stand for.
Developer IDE for HTML and any XML based languages, script languages,
like PHP. Includes tag completion and editing, script language
autocompletion, project management, live preview, PHP debugger, CVS
support, Subversion support (through external plugin) to name just a
few of the features.
; What are other software offering similar functionalities?
; How does your software compare against these? :
Support of remote projects (through ftp, sftp, ssh, etc.), the PHP
debugger, scriptability, user actions, extensibility to support any XML
language, generic KPart plugin support is unique to the application.
; Target audience :
: If your software is targeted at a particular audience, indicate that here.
Professional website developers and beginners as well. Can be used in
education to teach the how an XML language should be used and to teach
programming in PHP.
; What are the most needed contributions (code, documentation, artwork ...) :
: This will likely not factor into the judging of your project entry, but it will be helpful to publish this kind of information as part of the Trophées du libre contest.
Code and documentation writers are very much needed, as well as
financial supporters.
; Is your software related to other free software projects? (give details) :
: There could be another project whose code you use, or uses your code, or uses the same framework, etc.
The other applications from http://kdewebdev.org have tight links to
Quanta, altough can be used separately as well: Kommander,
KImageMapEditor, KXSLDbg, KLinkStatus, KFileReplace.
; Detailed description * :
: Give the most details in order that the jury can best appreciate your project.
Quanta Plus is a feature rich web development environment, aimed to
beginners and professionals as well, based on the KDE libraries. The
main features are:
<ul>
<li>project management, including support for local and remote (through
the network) project. Project files can be uploaded to many servers
using various protocols. CVS support is integrated, Subversion support
is possible through external plugins. Advanced project features, like
actions assigned to various project events and assigning roles in a
team are also available.</li>
<li>HTML and XML support: by default support for various (X)HTML versions
and some XML based languages are available. This support can be
extended either by the user (by importing an XML DTD) or via
the "hotstuff" interface, by downloading XML support packages. XML
support means autocompletion of tags and attributes, visual editing of
tags, document structure viewing, validation/problem reporting, context
help.</li>
<li>script language support: by default PHP support is included, other
languages can be supported by creating a language description package.
PHP debugger interface is included for the Gubed and XDebug debuggers.
Autocompletion for built in and user functions/variables is possible.</li>
<li>CSS support: visual CSS editor, autocompletion for CSS.</li>
<li>templates: full site, one document or snippet templates are possible.
Templates can be shared via hotstuff.</li>
<li>user toolbars and actions: toolbars can be freely created with stock
or actions created by the user on it. This toolbars can be assigned to
a language or to a project. The toolbars are also shareable via
hotstuff.</li>
<li>script support: any type of scripts/executables can be assigned to
actions or project events. Users can exchange toolbars through the
hotstuff system.</li>
<li>plugins: general KPart plugin support. Any KDE KPart can be used
inside Quanta, by default Konsole, KImageMapEditor, KLinkStatus,
Cervisia (CVS) and KFileReplace is configured.</li>
<li>integrated preview: documents can be previewed inside the application
using the KHTML engine. Preprocessing the documents through a web
server before previewing is possible.</li>
<li>context help: context help for many languages can be downloaded via
hotstuff. New help packages can be created by the user.</li>
<li>lots of settings: the application is highly configurable, so everyone
can adapt to its needs.</li>
</ul>
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