Absoft IDE - For Linux, Windows & MacOS
The First Fortran IDE Designed by Fortran People
Absoft IDE Reviewed in ACM's Fortran Forum - Read
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5
Reasons Why the Absoft IDE is the Best
Fortran Solution Available!
1) The first Fortran
IDE for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
Absoft solves the problems associated with Visual Studio and Xcode which
are excellent environments for C but have no knowledge of Fortran, Fortran
debugging nor do they provide a Fortran application framework. Absoft's
is the only bundled IDE to provide these Fortran resources and full support
for C as well.
2) The Absoft IDE is
a complete solution!
Powerful and ease-to-use it is excellent for small or large projects and
the novice or experienced user and comes bundled with all Pro Fortran
products. Nothing else to buy and no compatibility issues to worry about.
Programmer's editor, compliers, debugger, application framework, math
libraries and graphics are included.
3) The Absoft IDE automates
Fortran development.
The editor and debugger know if you are using C or Fortran and adjusts
key words, array indexing, etc. accordingly. Building and debugging mixed
Fortran/C applications is easy and automated.
4) The Absoft IDE is
an open design
and supports compilers and tools from multiple vendors. Easily select
the Fortran or C compiler, math library and type of application you want
to build. Graphical and command line interfaces are provided for compiling
and debugging.
5) The IDE is available
on Linux, Windows & MacOS and provides the same functionality
and a native look and feel on every platform. This means only one learning
curve, which saves you time and money and makes the Absoft IDE the best
choice for multi-platform developers.
Fx3 Debugging Solution for Windows
and Macintosh OS X is the world's best debugging solution available
for Fortran developers and also works well for C/C++ and assembler
debugging. Fx3 is the industry's most efficient debugging solution
because a single copy of Fx3 is fully compatible with compilers from
Absoft, GNU, Intel, PathScale, and PGI. If you use multiple compilers,
Fx3 is the most complete solution available for your debugging
needs.
Interfaces for Classic Windows (98/ME/NT/2000),
Windows XP, and Macintosh OS X are provided. IDE provides access to
compilers via command line or GUI.
An integrated performance profiler
is included with all product versions.
All Absoft compilers are link compatible
with Microsoft C and GNU gcc on Windows, or GNU gcc on Mac OS X making
mixed language application development a straightforward process.
The AWE
application framework, written entirely in Fortran, can
automatically create a native GUI for each compiled application. It
is included with Pro Fortran for Windows and Macintosh. Full source
to AWE is included as an example of programming the native system
API directly from Fortran.
The Absoft Graphical IDE increases performance
of coding by integrating an editor, debugger and linker into an easy
to use single viewing interface. Complete multiple coding tasks at one
time without having to switch between applications. Multiple views and
tools are available at the same time. See how changing your code effects
projects and files from one view. GUI programming becomes a comfort
for even the novice user. Graphical examples included.
The Absoft IDE installs on Linux, Windows
and MacOS implementations. Pro Fortran includes a complete User Guide
with clear examples of editing, compiling, debugging and running programs.
To ensure maximum performance, suggested options for compatibility and
optimizations are clearly defined. Pre-built mathematical libraries
and graphics are also included further performance and development efficiencies.
I
used Pro Fortran to write, debug, test and apply
about 45,000 lines of code from the MS environment
and it is, in a word: terrific. It is fast, has good diagnostics,
builds great executable code and the IDE has a load of
extra features that are invaluable. Beyond that, your
support has been timely, helpful and detailed.
D.J. Chadwick, President, SAFE, Inc.
IDEs for Fortran
- Fortran Feature Support Comparison
Fortran
Features/Tools Included with IDE
Absoft
Pro Fortran
Visual
Studio
Apple
Xcode
Fortran 95/2008
Compiler :
F95/2008 Compiler
+ IDE
Easy 1-Step Install
YES
NO
NO
-05 Load Balancing
Ooptimization Technology for Multi-Cores
YES
NO
NO
Fortran Legacy
Workstation Extensions
YES
YES
YES
Full Windows
API Support Directly from Fortran
YES
YES
NO
IDE
and Fortran Specific Features:
Fortran/C Ccolor
Syntax Programmer's Editor
YES
YES
YES
Fx3 Fortran
& C Graphical Debugger
YES
NO
NO
Matrix View
Array Display
YES
NO
NO
AWE I/O App
Framework with Fortran Source
YES
NO
NO
Automatic Fortran
Module Dependency Tracking
YES
YES
NO
Automatic
Fortran and C Array Indexing
YES
NO
NO
Generate Modifyable Fortran Makefiles
YES
YES
NO
SMP and MPI Control Features
YES
YES
NO
Supports 3rd Party Plug-In Libraries
YES
YES
NO
Same on Windows, Mac OS, Linux
YES
NO
NO
SMP
Optimization Tools:
Graphical SMP
& Vector Anaylzer
YES
NO
NO
HPC
Scientific Engineering Numerical Libraries:
Prebuilt Core,
Vector and FFT Routines
YES
YES
YES
Visualization
Tools:
2D/3D Scientific
Graphic Display Library
YES
NO
NO
HDF4 and HDF5
Visualization Libraries
YES
NO
NO
FREE
Plug-In C/C++ Compilers Supported:
Microsoft C/C++
Compatible
YES
YES
NO
Apple C/C++ Compatible
YES
NO
YES
gnu C
YES
YES
YES
Plug-In
Support for 3rd Party Applications :
nVidia CUDA
GPU Library (Windows, Linux)
YES
**
NO
IMSL Numerical
Libraries (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
YES
YES
NO
HMPP GPU Pre-Processor
(Windows, Linux)
YES
**
NO
Companion
Platforms Supported:
Windows: 2K-8
YES
YES
NO
Mac OS X: Snow
Leopard - Mountain Lion
YES
NO
YES
Technical
Support:
FREE - Live
Phone Support M-F 9AM 3PM EST
YES
NO
NO
Mixed Platform
Floating Licenses Available
YES
NO
NO
**
Varies with 3rd party compiler installed - All features may not
be supported