Actually both situations are true. An IDE can be universally difficult to work with or have terrible performance, and these will be measurable differences that apply to everyone. For example, in Dreamweaver MX 2004 (patched from 2004), often the characters on screen lag behind my keystrokes and saving takes a few seconds, In CF Studio 5 (unpatched from 1999) opened after DW, will never lag and saving is always sub-second regardless of file size. Dreamweaver periodically requires a restart to restore performance, CF Studio never seems to. These items impact productivity regardless of your preferences.
And an IDE can have issues that affect someone because they have preferences for a certain kind of workflow. I like to copy and paste code examples from the documentation in ColdFusion Studio, I can't do that in Dreamweaver's preferences (I know I can from help, but that's a new window). I find the tree view file structure frustrating to navigate because I don't have a sense of location, I don't have that problem in CF Studio or Windows Explorer. I like having two file tabs like there is in CF Studio, don't have that in Dreamweaver. I like knowing what file I'm working on, but Dreamweaver doesn't reveal the full file path like CF Studio does. Just another 2 cents. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: What's your setup for multiple developers > In a race car, you need a vehicle that has the right balance > of speed/power and maneuverability for your style of driving. > > In an IDE, you need an application with the right balance of > features and speed/efficiency for your style of development. > > I think the analogy is pretty sound. If you're saying that the specific functionality best suited to a specific user may vary between one item and another, in either case, that's one thing. It's something else completely to say that one is clearly better in all (or even most) cases than another. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202751 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
