> Recently I completed a project in .NET (C#) at www.jpay.com > <http://www.jpay.com/>. We used Visual Studio .NET as our > environment, but it has tons of quirks. I love Dreamweaver > MX.
That's not something you hear often on this list! > I know Dreamweaver MX has limited support for writing .NET > apps (it has a ASP.NET toolbar for dragging and dropping > some common elements), but does anyone know whether Macromedia > plans more complete support such as better code-behind > functionality, compile functionality, and autocomplete (for > dynamically showing list of properties when you type a > control name, for instance) as is of course supported for > CF files? > > In most cases I'd say an app shouldn't try to be everything, > but I think Dreamweaver MX already does an amazing job of > keeping everything comprehensive and clean while still > packing in tons of power - so it would rock if I could > fully use it for ASP.NET so I can ditch VS.NET, and just > use one application for web development (or the bulk of it, > anyways). I can't speak for Macromedia, but I would imagine that they will add some or all of this stuff to future versions. In the meantime, there are some things you might consider. First, Dreamweaver MX is extensible, so you might be able to do some of this stuff yourself, or someone else might have written extensions for it. Second, you might take a look at Web Matrix, which is a free ASP.NET tool written in C#. It's available at http://www.asp.net/, I think. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
