WOctave

There are many individuals in the IT industry that from time to time, are required to look at, work with or just edit source code, not to mention those who do it for a hobby. WOctave is an application that allows users to edit the source code, providing users with a General User Interface (GUI) for Octave.

An important part of any source code editing software is that it is able to clearly and accurately represent the source code within the application. WOctave does a decent job of this, with a clear, expandable area that can accurately display pages of source code.

Standard features such as numbered lines and a search function are available and clearly represented, and while the interface might be considered a bit basic in areas, it is more than functional and offers a workable, efficient design.

While WOctave allows users to edit its own source code and effectively improve or work on the application as they want, not all users will be willing to take on such a project just to be able to work on their own projects. There is a serious lack of advanced features in WOctave that make it sub-par compared to other code editors.

There are no syntax tools, no multiple code language support, encoding, metadata, time stamping and data stamping, just to mention a few. Anyone looking for an advanced editor will be immediately disappointed with the options, and while WOctave is free, it is not necessarily an excuse for being so lacking.

WOctave can edit source code and for some users that might be enough, unfortunately, for many others that won't be. The customizable nature of an open source code for a source code editor is nice, but to make it a truly robust editor would require a great deal of work. Ultimately, WOctave is useful only for small scale code editing and not for those who have to work with source code every day on a professional level.