*snip* I've tried Eclipse a few >times but it just doesn't 'feel' right to me and I've never been able >to get any plugins working reliably. YMMV, of course.
I agree with the "doesn't 'feel' right" statement to a certain extent. My main bugbear at the minute is that you can't interact directly with the filesystem without first creating a project. That was one of my main complaints with Dreamweaver MX when it first came out and it has been raised a number of times on the Eclipse development list. I've had some issues with plugins too, but there are 2 things that still make Eclipse my primary choice of editor. 1. There are a huge number of plugins for all sorts of development related tasks - Time tracking, news aggregation, java and ColdFusion development, CVS integration etc. That allows me to have everything (or pretty close to everything) I need in a single application. 2. If I find a problem with a plugin I can usually get into the source code and fix it myself if it's a real pain in the ass. That was my main motivation for getting involved with the cfeclipse project. I know that Macromedia has to consider the requests of 1000s of people before deciding which feature to add, so I don't expect their IDE to work exactly the way I want it to. Having access to the source code and being able to contribute directly to the development and direction of the IDE is a good feeling. I have never felt 100% comfortable with Dreamweaver MX in the same way that I don't feel 100% comfortable with Eclipse. The difference is that with Eclipse I can immediately change the things that I don't like, or add features I would like to see if the need is great enough. Another motivating factor for me is that it's nice to be able to provide something for the community that they don't have to pay for. >In addition to the much-vaunted cfeclipse plugin (Rob Rohan's?), >there's also a plugin from Matt Liotta (available from the xcf project >on sourceforge I think) and Matt and former-Macromedian Guy Rish (who >wrote Black Knight) are putting together He3 based on the Eclipse >codebase which will be a dedicated CF editor. > I'm very curious to see He3 in action. Both Matt and Guy are excellent developers so they should be able to produce a very solid product. Spike -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Code poet for hire http://www.spike.org.uk Do you cfeclipse? http://cfeclipse.tigris.org --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
