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The Welkin Suite is a desktop based, Integrated development environment (IDE) for the force.com platform that is built on the Visual Studio Shell. It works with Apex, Visualforce, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOQL queries, and Anonymous Apex, and executes unit tests. The Welkin Suite is a project that was started by and is maintained by Softheme, LLC

Development Comfort

 * 1) Customizable Layout for the User Interface (UI)
 * 2) Customizable Project Structure
 * 3) Automated Zipping and Unzipping of Static Resources
 * 4) Apex Code Completion & Code Assistance
 * 5) Visualforce Code Completion & Code Assistance
 * 6) Javascript & CSS Code Completion
 * 7) Automatic Code Formatting for Apex Code & Visualforce
 * 8) Anonymous Apex Execution
 * 9) Separate editors: Apex, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Visualforce
 * 10) Code Snippets
 * 11) Bookmarks
 * 12) Code Map in Scrollbar
 * 13) Customizable Syntax Highlighting
 * 14) Changes Highlighted in the Code
 * 15) View code coverage highlighting in the editor itself
 * 16) ApexDoc support
 * 17) Pending changes tab

Debugging Options

 * 1) Retrospective Debugger
 * 2) Integrated Test Runner with Live Results
 * 3) Apex Test Runner
 * 4) Customizable built-in viewer of Debug Logs
 * 5) Tree view of the Debug Logs
 * 6) Highlighting of Errors in the Code
 * 7) Navigate Between Compilation Errors

Lightning Components Support

 * 1) 1.	Create the files for Lightning Applications and Components
 * 2) 2.	Encapsulate HTML, Javascript, and CSS into the Components
 * 3) 3.	Editor with a ‘Preview’ option

Teamwork Possibilities

 * 1) Built-in Merging
 * 2) Git Support
 * 3) History of Local Changes (compare and restore previous versions)
 * 4) Integration with Ant Migration Tool

History
In 2014 the company Softheme LLC established a new project that it named “The Welkin Suite”. In May of 2014, the company set up a dedicated development team for this project. In October of 2014, the company published the first online Beta release and in September 2015, The Welkin Suite was presented publicly at Dreamforce’15.