> For example, a language centric tool could leverage strong > server debug capabilities.
Why would it need to be "language-centric" to leverage strong server debug capabilities? > Wouldn't you like to be able to open a page within the IDE, > go through your application, have debug output in another > panel of your IDE for that page and it's include files, be > able to set break points, and trace variable values to reduce > <cfabort> debugging needs, and come across an error, click > on the error within your IDE, have it open the offending .cfm > page in your IDE, and highlight the error. > > Wouldn't that be powerful? And doesn't that sound familiar > (except that it works so clunkily and problematically in > CFS...)? Frankly, I never found pre-CFMX server debugging using Studio to be very useful. It usually took me longer to do that than to just figure out the problem the "old-fashioned" way. In addition, it was so unstable as to be generally unreliable. But, that's irrelevant with regard to whether it could be done in Dreamweaver. I see no reason why it couldn't be done, except that to my knowledge, CFMX doesn't support it. > What we need is a ColdFusion centric IDE, that also strongly > supports the rest of the stuff we'll be reasonably expected > to work within (xml, html, css, javascript). For "the rest of the stuff", Dreamweaver MX is so far ahead of CF Studio and HomeSite+ that there's no real comparison. > If it can be used for other things, great. But let's take the > tools to another level, I can't understand why after 4 years, > CFS and DWMX is still the best we can have to support CFML > development specifically. Maybe this is because CF development just isn't that complicated, compared to alternatives. Not that much has changed in four years, as far as CF programming goes. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
