The Black Toolkit

Programming languages are the means of making a computer understand your input through dozens of command lines that form an interface you can use. There are multiple languages that use different expressions and forms, but with the help of utilities like The Black Toolkit you can gather most of them and assemble in a final form.

Features:

• Intuitive workspace design


• Side panel for file browsing


• Clever tab support for multiple projects


• Portable version available

Unfortunately, spending a little time to get to know the application makes you realize it's not all fun and games. On the one hand, importing files can be a little difficult due to the rather poorly designed file explorer and no support for drag and drop. Luckily, an integrated search engine lets you find custom formats in a specific folder, with an option to also look in subdirectories.

On the other hand, you can import a decent amount of file formats, ranging from INI, TXT, XML, to CPP, JSP, H, ASP, PHP and more. By default, the syntax highlighter helps you identify scripts, strings, keywords and attributes, but colors used are the same for all languages, and options to change them also apply as a global attribute.

Enhanced Accessibility Options:

• Create quick access points for Java, C/C++, and Pascal


• Start a project from scratch


• Generate specialized files or commands

You can save your work under a custom format or try to take it out for a spin. Sadly, the compiler doesn't always indicate errors, nor lines where they occur. This is a great disadvantage because you need to pay extra attention when writing the code, which is a difficult task already.

To sum it up, you can't call The Black Toolkit a professional approach IDEs, leaving a lot more to be desired. Sure, the overall design is pretty intuitive and you can import a decent amount of files to edit, but the lack of IntelliSense or at least a better compiler tip the scales against its favor.