Geek Post #1

I may one day create one or more 'branch' blogs covering different subject matters. I always kind of envisioned my blog site being a mixture of well-written 'editorial' style news commentary, dashingly witty raconteuring and, certainly, a selection of technical articles covering my areas of expertise. By 'areas of expertise' I mean 'the stuff I do at work'.

In actual fact, the likelihood of me ever creating a technical branch-off blog that I keep up-to-date with the latest articles and findings is about the same as the likelihood of many of the other things I've thought about doing, or even intended doing... 'getting into photography', 'going to the gym regularly', 'getting organised', 'losing some weight'...

...simply put, it ain't gonna happen.

So, instead, suffice it to say that I found today a brilliant bit of software called PrimalScript. PrimalScript is basically a program for writing/editing computer code. It's a posh text editor really, not quite a full IDE (Integrated Development Environment). The great thing about it is that it supports loads and loads of different languages. Since I'm a 'multi-skilled' developer (a Jack-of-all-Trades, essentially) this is particularly useful for me. It has brilliant code completion via PrimalSense, which is a bit like Microsoft's IntelliSense and great support for my primary development language at the moment - ActionScript 2.0 for Flash 8.

Anyway, just thought I'd point it out. I recommend it highly if you're after a quick, lightweight code editing program that's absolutely packed with features. 9/10

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