XMLSpy 2010 is the newest version of Altova's integrated development environment (IDE) for XML. XMLSpy allows programmers to create XML-based applications and Web services in a more dynamic and visual environment. The version that I am reviewing is XMLSpy 2010 and it is based on the Enterprise version. There are also Professional and Standard versions available. If you would like to view the differences, you can check out the feature comparison list.
XMLSpy 2010 is an XML development environment for designing, editing, and debugging enterprise class applications that involve XML, XML Schema, XSL/XSLT, XQuery, SOAP, WSDL, and Web service technologies. Along with being an XML editor, it offers a code generator, file converters, a debugger, a profiler, and integration into Visual Studio .NET, and the Java Eclipse IDE.
Some of the other main features of XMLSpy are its ability to edit XML documents in multiple formats. You can look at your XML document as a text doc, a grid format, and as a WYSIWYG view. It will check to see if your XML is valid saving you the trouble of waiting till it fails and then trying to figure out what is wrong with it.
Along with strong validation, there is also auto completion, context sensitive help, entry helpers, syntax coloring, and other tools to ensure well-formed, valid XML documents. There are structural editing features like line numbering, indentation, bookmarks, as well as expandable and collapsible element to aid in navigation.
You have debuggers, project management, database import, and the ability to compare XML files. XMLSpy also has the ability for automatic code generation for Java, C++, or C# class files based on elements defined in a schema. It also supports the most popular relational databases in their native interface languages.
So with all this, what's new with XMLSpy 2010?
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