Aptana, jQuery, ExtJS and AIR are all baked into ColdFusion Builder... with just one install.
-Adam On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Andy Matthews <[email protected]>wrote: > > Aptana also has a plugin which allows you to code for Adobe AIR. > > http://andymatthews.net/category/AIR/ > > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:39 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Possible switch to CFEclipse > > > >>I am currently using Homesite+ for my IDE a > > I made that leap a couple of years ago. This is my rig that I have been > tweeking for the last couple of years and the "what and why" of what I use > for CF/Web work. > > One thing to remember with Eclipse. More Plugins = More ram. I also make it > a habit to jack up the RAM allotted to Eclipse from 256 megs to 512 in the > eclipse.ini file. This will speed things up considerably. > > I start off with the PHP Eclipse distro because, well, I work with PHP a > lot. But even if I didn't, it has a lot of the basic tools I use for web > dev. Like support for XAMPP, Mysql etc > > Then I add the Aptana plugin and add it's plugins for Ajax, SVN, AIR > support > and what ever tickles my fancy at that moment. Some people are very vocal > against Aptana (I mean some people just flat out despise it) . It has a > nasty habit of firing up it's start up page every time you load it. You > can > turn this off by going to: > > Window > Preferences >Aapata > Start up page >> and disable the start up > page > > If you ask me, Aptana is fantastic for working with (X)HTML, CSS, JS, Ajax, > and in particular it's jQuery/JS support. It provides auto suggest, auto > complete and inline help CSS, html, JS including all of the major AJAX/JS > libraries as well as (inspection) for your own custom JS Libraries (and > help > as long as you document them). I really like it's CSS editor a lot. > > Then I add the Adobe CF 8.1 plugins and plop the CF 8.1 docs in the Plugins > folder for good measure. > > Then Finally I install CFEclipse. > > I also Use XMLBuddy a lot because, well, I like it. > > Good luck. > > G! > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:23 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:330633 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
