> Thank you to all for the replies so far. Very helpful. Now that I've had some > time to evaluate CFBuilder, I'd like to revisit this thread. I'm not > bashing on CFB here - honest questions: considering that I'm not starting > from scratch but already have the functionality of DreamWeaver at my > disposal, I'm struggling to figure out the *incremental* value of CFB. > > Things I like about CFB are the code completion (member functions, etc. > although it doesn't always work), the *idea* of a community of > extensions, and easy refactoring. > > Things I wonder about: > - I see RDS but I don't understand how that can compete with having SSMS in > another window. > - I see the TailView but I'm used to opening 'tail -f' in another shell > window. > - I see the plugin for Subversion integration but I have TortoiseSVN hooked > into Windows Explorer. > - So far the idea of extensions are great but I can run things like varscoper > standalone without much effort and (correct me if I'm wrong!) but > Apptacular is meant for the ORM features in CF9 and I have customers on CF8 > so I'll keep using PU-36 standalone. > > In short, what I see from CFB is a lot of tools integrated into one window. > It feels "tidy" but I'm not convinced there's *real* value there (beyond > what I get with DW). What am I missing?
Tidiness has intrinsic value for many people. To me, the value is largely that I don't have to deal with all the extra stuff Dreamweaver brings to the table, and I get all those tools nicely integrated. Plus, because it's Eclipse, I can easily switch to other perspectives to do related non-CF work. And I'm sure more extensions will be coming. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339818 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
