# Welcome to the Komodo User Guide

## What's new in Komodo Edit

- Better Support for Django:
  - better syntax highlighting and smarter indentation for templates
  - syntax checking for templates
  - automatic code completions for Django template tags and filters
  - hyperlinks to easily jump to template file locations
  - easier to open files with fast open supporting directory name matching
- Projects: By popular demand, file and directory references have been reintroduced. These can be organized in Groups to keep things logical and tidy.
- Workspace Save and Restore: Komodo will now be regularly saving your workspace. In the case of an unexpected shutdown, you can choose to restore your last used workspace the next time it starts up.
- Places: A new file manager has been added to Komodo's left pane. It provides a customized view of your file system (local or remote) and easy file management operations such as file editing, drag/drop copying, creation of new files and folders, and search.
- Faster: A number of Komodo components have been made to run faster, such as startup, shutdown, tab-switching and finding text. The underlying Mozilla source code has been updated to version 1.9.1, the same code base as Firefox 3.5, which means improved performance gains for Komodo.
- New Toolbox: The Komodo toolbox and project system are being rewritten. Individual toolbox items (commands, macros, snippets, etc.) are saved in separate JSON files rather than as nodes in a toolbox.kpf file. There is a new "Invoke Tool" command which allows you to easily search and then execute specific tools. In future versions project-specific tools will appear in the Toolbox sidebar instead of the Projects sidebar, which will eventually be removed.
- Hyperlink Additions: Hyperlinks have been extended and can now...
  - show image preview while hovering on an image link,
  - show Code Intelligence definitions while hovering on a symbol,
  - jump to an HTML anchor tag to it's definition,
  - jump to HREF and SRC locations,
  - open files from a path reference,
  - jump to PHP file includes
- HTML 5 and CSS3 Support: Autocomplete for HTML 5 and CSS3.
- More Languages: Syntax highlighting for Markdown, MySQL, and others.

(Read the full Release Notes.)

## Support and Community

The ActiveState Community site has resources to help you use Komodo effectively:

- Komodo FAQs
- Komodo Forums

## Sample Project

Get started fast with Komodo's Sample Project.

## Feature Showcase

Quick Demos showing advanced search functionality, editing, debugging, and more.