Well, the question here is more - what do you do outside of cfml editing? I tend to download the Eclipse Java EE developer package that has the Eclipse Web Tool Plugins (WTP) installed by default - so that covers some straight HTML, XML and JS files. Some people prefer Aptana studio for that, but they can work side by side easily.
If you are looking at doing database querying through Eclipse, you can look at the Eclipe Data Tools Plugins (DTP). This can be a little tricky to set up, and provides decent database support, but a vendor specific client tends to be better - YMMV. The next question is - are you using source control? If so, which one? Each has at least 1 plugin at its disposal depending on what you are doing. Are you doing unit testing? The mxUnit plugin is a must if you are. I could go on, but really it boils down to - what do you want Eclipse to do for you? Mark On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Terry Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do not want to start a flame here, just get some information to help me > make a decision. > I am using CF8 and not yet ready for CF9. I am currently using Homesite+ > for > my IDE and would like to know what the requirements are for installing > Eclipse and CFEclipse on my 32 bit dual core laptop w/3 gigs of ram. > I do not know anyone who is currently using it which is why I am asking > here. I do not do any Java programming at all and am planning on using it > to > replace Homesite if that is possible and maybe get some advise from all of > you. > If you recommend Eclipse, which package and other plugins do I need as > well? > > Terry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
