December 24, 2010
Another year has almost passed and tonight is Christmas Eve. Here in Denmark, we celebrate by eating tons of food, dance around a Christmas tree and then open a bunch of presents from friends and family and I'm sure that your Christmas traditions are somewhat similar. 2010 was a great year for TSW, especially with the release of WebCoder 2010, along with a brand new website, but also an update to the excellent SiteSync was appreciated and remember that you can still buy WebCoder 2010 with a 25% discount! Let's hope that we can make 2011 even better - merry Christmas and happy New Year everyone!
December 1, 2010
December is upon us and the countdown to Christmas eve has started. Hopefully you have already secured yourself a lovely WebCoder 2010 license to keep your code warm in this traditionally cold month, but if not, Santa Claus has a real treat for the good web coders out there. For the entire month of December, you can purchase WebCoder with a 25% discount, by using the discount code "Santa". This means that you can get the Professional edition of WebCoder for a mere $74.99 (normally $99.99), or in case you only need the Light edition, only $37.49 (normally $49.99). Your best option is of course the WebCoder 2010 Professional edition + SiteSync bundle, which you can now get for less than $100!
To buy WebCoder 2010 with this Christmas discount, please use the discount code "Santa" on the ordering page, or simply click this direct link, which will be valid for the rest of this year:
Buy WebCoder 2010 with a 25% Christmas discount!
In case you have already purchased a license, perhaps you have a friend or a relative who would appreciate the Christmas gift of a powerful IDE, or at least the chance to purchase one with a discount? Help me spread the word, so that as many people as possible can take advantage of this offer. Send them a link to this blog post or ask them to "Like" our Facebook page, where offers like this is also posted. Thank you, and have a happy December :)
August 15, 2010
It's with great joy that I can now announce the final version of TSW WebCoder 2010. It has been betatested for 3 months now, and I believe it's ready for you today. While fixing the problems reported back by the awesome betatesters, I have also used the time to create a brand new website for WebCoder. It can be found at tswwebcoder.com, which will be the new home for WebCoder. Later on, I will release a new website for SiteSync as well, together with a maintenance release. In the meantime, tsware.net will still be online, mainly to serve the people looking for SiteSync. But enough about that, let's focus on WebCoder 2010. In case you haven't noticed, a lot of information has been posted during the development of this new application. Here's a list of blog posts that might interest you:
But hey, why not just give it a try? Hurry on over to tswwebcoder.com and click the big Download button!
If you have previously purchased a license to WebCoder 2009, phpCoder 2008 or WebPad.NET, I would like to offer you a 25% upgrade discount on WebCoder 2010. Simply visit the Buy now page, click the upgrade link in the top and use your previous order ID to get the discount.
As promised, 5 hard working betatesters will receive a free Professional license for WebCoder 2010. Here are the 5 people from the beta forum, who seems to have contributed the most during the beta phase (in no particular order, listed with their forum names):
- PugFish
- TEL0000
- Ulven
- s1tony
- TeWeE
Send me an e-mail through the contact form of this site, and I will make sure that you get your free license. A big thank you goes out to you and to all the other betatesters, you have done some great work. Thank you!
That's all I have for now. I hope you'll love this brand new version of WebCoder as much as I do and use it to make the web an even more amazing place. Enjoy! :)
Special note to people with a beta version installed: Unless you allow WebCoder to overwrite your previous settings, you may be missing out on certain fixes, since the final release usually comes with slightly modified data files, to fix issues from beta versions where these files are involved.
June 4, 2010
I'm happy to report that the second beta of WebCoder 2010 has just been released. It contains a number of fixes for bugs found in the first beta, as well as some minor adjustments.
Download TSW WebCoder 2010 beta 2 - please provide feedback in the beta forum
Thank you for participating in the beta test and be sure to report the problems you find. Enjoy!
May 15, 2010
Right from the very first paid version of WebCoder and up till now, there has been a personal and a commercial license available. This policy had only one purpose: To be able to sell a cheaper license to all the hobby-coders and students out there, by letting the companies and the professional web developers, making a living off their work with WebCoder, pay for it. Unfortunately, a lot of people found the principles hard to understand - when did they need to purchase a commercial license and what was the difference?
Another problem was that with all those great features contained in WebCoder, some people simply didn't need them all. For the same reason, I created WebPad, a cheaper version of WebCoder with a limited set of the features. However, maintaining yet another application means extra work and less time to focus on the stuff that really matters, so when combining WebCoder and phpCoder, I thought to my self: Why not throw in WebPad as well? So instead of releasing three different application, each in two different editions, WebCoder will be THE application, released in three different editions, where price and the amount of included functions will be the key difference. Hopefully that will be easier for everyone to understand and I know it will be easier to maintain, allowing me to make the single best product possible.
For now, I'm probably going with the names "Light", "Standard" and "Professional". The beta version will default to the Professional edition, while trial users of the final version will be given the choice to try it in different editions during their trial period. I haven't entirely decided on pricing yet, as well as the features contained in each edition, but your feedback is obviously welcome. I hope you like this change, as I believe it will be the best for everyone and on top of that, a lot less confusing.
December 24, 2009
Dear all,
It's that time of year again, and therefore, I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas! The year of 2009 has almost passed now, and while I know that the last part of the year has been a bit quiet around here, I promise that next year will bring you all a new and exciting piece of software. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the name is xCoder, and you can help make it the best possible application, by participating in the xCoder feedback forum. I'm eager to show you what we have accomplished so far, but you will have to wait just a little bit longer. It will be great though!
Stay tuned, and have a very merry Christmas and an excellent New Year!
December 1, 2009
Hello everyone,
Every year, people here in Denmark complaint that Christmas starts even earlier than last year. We've had Christmas inspired commercials, beer and city decorations for weeks now, but for me, Christmas starts on the first of December. Last year, I offered a special Christmas discount for all you blog readers, but perhaps it was a bit late, so this year, we're going to start early - I hope you don't mind :). From today, and right up until Christmas eve/day, you can enjoy a nice 25% discount on all TSW products! For instance, you can get a WebCoder 2009 personal license for only $44.99 or a commercial license for only $67.49. Of course, with such a big discount, I hope that you might feel compelled to go for one of the bundles - you can get a fine combination of WebCoder 2009 and SiteSync for only $63.74 ($97.49 for commercial use). It's a great package for all web developers, a combination I use myself every day. I highly recommend it :)
All you have to do, is to use this special ordering page and pick your desired product before people are dancing around the Christmas tree (at least that's what we do here in Denmark) and you're good to go :)
Buy your favorite TSW application with a special 25% christmas discount now [1]
Also, be sure to have a look at this blog post, about the future of WebCoder and phpCoder. Your opinion really matters!
[1] A special message to the Danish readers: Som dansker kan det bedst betale sig at bestille via en bankoverførsel. Brug denne specielle ordre side for at få jule-rabatten!
November 17, 2009
Hello all,
As this blog clearly shows, things have been a bit quiet here at TSW. Not the company in general, I have been as busy as usual, but for several months after the release of WebCoder 2009, I was occupied by other projects than the software. Finishing up WebCoder 2009 and releasing it took a lot of effort, and I really needed some time away from it afterwards. During that time, I thought a lot about the future of both WebCoder and phpCoder though, and wrote down every idea I got.
By now, I have a huge list of small and big ideas that I want to do for the next version, but the really big question is: What will the next version be? phpCoder 2010? WebCoder 2010? CombinedCoder 2010? I have thought a lot about this, after receiving much feedback from you, dear users, but now I think it's time that we take a discussion together, all of us. To separate it from previous discussions, I have created a brand new forum for this single purpose, with the mysterious name xCoder 2010.
What I really want is all of your opinions on where we should take these pieces of software and how we will make them even better. I would like to know which version you currently use, which version you prefer, what your favorite features are, and what you currently long for. In other words: Throw in all your thoughts and ideas, as structured as possible, and I will try to combine them and integrate it all into my current TODO list. I want everything, from minor annoyances to big feature requests. Obviously, I can't fulfill all of your wishes, but this is your best bet to influence the next version, so start posting! I will take part in the discussions, but I may hold back in the beginning, to make sure that as many people as possible have a chance to be heard, before I meddle :). I'm looking forward to hearing all of your opinions, so be sure to post in the xCoder 2010 forum now! Thank you :)
December 23, 2008
I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 2008 has been a great year for TSW, being able to release both TSW phpCoder 2008, a new version of TSW SiteSync and release a beta version of the next version of TSW WebCoder. As always, I have a very good feeling about this new piece of software, and I'm already thrilled to receive all your beta feedback. I wish for an especially merry Christmas to all the beta testers :).
Last year, I gave you the gift of information: A demo video of one of the new and cool features of phpCoder 2008. This year, I thought I would make my gift a bit more... monetary. From today and through the rest of 2008, I'm offering a 25% discount on all TSW applications! That's right, pick an application or even one of the bundles, for example WebCoder and SiteSync together, and you get a 25% discount. All you have to do is go to this customized ordering page[1] and take your pick, before the end of the year. I wish to remind you that if you purchase WebCoder 2007 or phpCoder 2008, you will be able to purchase the upcoming WebCoder 2009 with an upgrade discount, once the final version has been released.
That's all I have to say for today. Once again, merry Christmas to you and your family :)
Buy your favorite TSW application with a special 25% christmas discount now [1]
[1] If you're a Danish customer and you wish to pay with a bank transfer instead of online with your Visa, just contact me - it will be cheaper for everyone :)
August 31, 2008
Hello all,
Ever since the first release of WebPad, and especially after the release of phpCoder, people have been asking what the difference between these applications and WebCoder are. I've had the explanation ready each time, but some people seem to prefer a nice chart with X's on it - at least that's the impression I've gotten after receiving several requests for it. So, without further ado, here it is:
TSW Product Comparison Chart
I just made it last night, so it might not be completely done by now, but I wanted to see if you guys had any feedback on it. So far, I've mostly listed things that are left out in at least one application, or where there's more than a slight difference between how good it works in the different applications. For instance, I haven't included Extended search & replace, because it works equally well in all three current applications. This should make it easier to get a good overview of the applications. So, what do you think? Is this what you guys want? Have I missed something obvious? :)
