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« Last post by wraith808 on September 02, 2013, 05:22 PM »Zeus Edit Review
Basic Info:
Introduction
Zeus is billed as a programmer's editor, but that is selling it short. It is a text based IDE in the vein of SlickEdit and UltraEdit Studio. It is fully scriptable, keyboard centric, fully customizable, and includes throwbacks to hardcore programming like Brief, WordStar, Epsilon, and Emacs keyboard emulation. It supports visual studio solutions (in addition to it's own workspace format), has built in source control integration for Subversion and TFS, and a variety of other features. In fact, there are so many features, that I'm going to have to break this review up into separate parts.
Review Notes
Many people swear by Visual Studio as an IDE, and I do like what Microsoft has done with it. But it takes a while to start up, uses a lot of memory, and is prone to crashes. I love SlickEdit, but over time, I've had to pare down, and I just haven't been able to justify the extravagant expense to use such an editor. So, I've stuck with Visual Studio, and just used text editors to support it. I discovered Zeus, and the price is right, and the feature set is right- I'm just hoping that it lives up to the hype on the site.
Upgrade Notes - quoted from below
NOTE: Because of the fluid nature of this review, if there's something that you need me to take a closer look at, feel free to let me know.
Another note: Due to the generosity of Jussi, ZeusEdit is on special for 49% off for members only. Please check the thread in the discounts area for more information.
Link to comparison on SlickEdit forums between SlickEdit, UltraEdit, and E-macs.
(the reasoning behind this one is that I compared ZeusEdit to SlickEdit since I know SlickEdit, so this can be extended to ZeusEdit)
Link to comparison on ZeusEdit forums between UltraEdit, ZeusEdit, and EditpadPro
Basic Info:
| App Name | Zeus for Windows Programmer's Editor |
| App URL | http://www.zeusedit.com/ |
| App Version Reviewed | 3.97o 32-bit |
| Test System Specs | Windows 7 64-bit/Visual Studio 2010 |
| Supported OSes | Windows XP/Vista/7 32-bit and 64-bit/8 32-bit and 64-bit |
| Support Methods | E-mail, FAQ, Forums |
| Pricing Scheme | $89.95 - A lite version is also available for gratis |
| Trial Version Available? | Yes, 45-day no limitations. |
| Upgrade Policy | Point in time upgrade scheme, detailed below by the developer. 45% discount available for further upgrades. |
| Reviewer Donation Link | wraith808 |
Introduction
Zeus is billed as a programmer's editor, but that is selling it short. It is a text based IDE in the vein of SlickEdit and UltraEdit Studio. It is fully scriptable, keyboard centric, fully customizable, and includes throwbacks to hardcore programming like Brief, WordStar, Epsilon, and Emacs keyboard emulation. It supports visual studio solutions (in addition to it's own workspace format), has built in source control integration for Subversion and TFS, and a variety of other features. In fact, there are so many features, that I'm going to have to break this review up into separate parts.
Review Notes
Many people swear by Visual Studio as an IDE, and I do like what Microsoft has done with it. But it takes a while to start up, uses a lot of memory, and is prone to crashes. I love SlickEdit, but over time, I've had to pare down, and I just haven't been able to justify the extravagant expense to use such an editor. So, I've stuck with Visual Studio, and just used text editors to support it. I discovered Zeus, and the price is right, and the feature set is right- I'm just hoping that it lives up to the hype on the site.
Upgrade Notes - quoted from below
How Zeus upgrades are handled is brutally simple as they are nothing more than a point in time marked as an upgrade releases.
To understand this consider the history of upgrade releases as shown here.
From that link assume a user made their purchase at the time of this upgrade release.
Zeus for Windows 3.97k Upgrade Release
That user would then get all these as free upgrades:
Zeus for Windows 3.97l Patch
Zeus for Windows 3.97n Patch
Zeus for Windows 3.97m Patch
Zeus for Windows 3.97o Patch
But they would have to purchase an upgrade to the 3.97p release (or just continue using the 3.97o version indefinitely).
Also note the last release was also an upgrade release:
Zeus for Windows 3.97p Upgrade Release
That means the next release (due out shortly) will be a free upgrade.
Finally any registered user reporting a crash or a major fault will generally get a free upgrade, provided the version they are running is not too old.
NOTE: Because of the fluid nature of this review, if there's something that you need me to take a closer look at, feel free to let me know.
Another note: Due to the generosity of Jussi, ZeusEdit is on special for 49% off for members only. Please check the thread in the discounts area for more information.
Link to comparison on SlickEdit forums between SlickEdit, UltraEdit, and E-macs.
(the reasoning behind this one is that I compared ZeusEdit to SlickEdit since I know SlickEdit, so this can be extended to ZeusEdit)
Link to comparison on ZeusEdit forums between UltraEdit, ZeusEdit, and EditpadPro
