Ok, downloaded and installed aptana and installed cfeclipse 1.3.1.6 that comes with CFUnit and Frameworks.
I will keep everyone updated as to how it goes... I might try pro version since i was sent a license for one month trial... on a side note, what version of cfeclipse are you using with your Aptana environment???? also is there a way to show full path of the file thats open in the top title window??? I know you can hover over the tab and it will show the path, but having it appear on top makes me much easier... ;-) on first looks, Aptana looks exactly like eclipse which is a good thing.. I love that they have not changed a lot of things... thanks, Ajas Mohammed. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *If your application/site is well-structured, finding a particular > page/section of code (and understanding that structure well) will break your > reliance on Design View and make you a more efficient coder in the long run > - what's happening with Design View is you're allowing a tool to think for > you (which is not a bad thing, in some cases) instead of understanding your > application's structure and becoming intimate with it's inner workings.* > ** > *Aptana has a both site-wide and file search capabilities - since it's > free, I strongly recommend giving it a test drive, and make a list of > advantages vs. disadvantages it has compared to DW so you can decide which > one is best for your team.* > > > *James E. Thomas* > Baker Botts L.L.P. Web Developer > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Ajas Mohammed > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [houcfug] Re: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - 3-4 user license > > Thanks James. "*not being able to drag and drop table and column names > though has forced me to become more familiar with the data I work with, and > as a result, I think, a better coder overall. Less reliance on Design View > as well helped push me in that direction." > > *Well, that explains why I became so dependent on this design view. I > guess its the right time for me to switch to coding in Aptana/Eclipse so my > love for this Design view goes away and it makes me Editor free, so I can > pretty much code in any editor. > > I agree DW is bloated. I will give you an idea why I get stuck with design > view. We have an application and we include several pages. Now sometimes, > when a new enhancement request comes up for a screen/page at a particular > location on the page and if it includes lets say 5 cfm pages, I just open > the main page and select the area which needs enhancement. And DW would say > in code, that its an included page and then I go to that page and do the > enhancement. It has worked really well for me in the last 3 years. This way, > I dont have to search for that particular area/context. Even if I had to do > text search, DW is nice to let me search through the whole site. I dont know > if you can do this in Eclipse(not that I know of) or Aptana i.e. search for > something in the whole site. > > Thanks again, > > Ajas Mohammed. > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:14 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> *No, Aptana does not have a design-time WYSIWYG view - frankly, I find >> the Design View rather worthless with CF projects, especially when dealing >> with dynamic data. Using a tool like Firebug or any of the many Firefox web >> development plugins tends (for me) to yield better results in terms of >> working with display code and fine-tuning it. The rendering engine DW uses >> for it's WYSIWYG view is also inconsistent with how the modern browsers >> display.* >> ** >> *I forgot to mention that Aptana uses CF Eclipse as a plug in to enable >> CF code formatting and function reference. I don't want to mislead anyone >> into thinking Aptana is a native CF IDE.* >> ** >> *For what it's worth, I've always been a die-hard Adobe/Dreamweaver fan, >> but CS3's bloat really started hampering my development at work, and the Mac >> version's even worse at home - Aptana offers a cross-platform, consistent >> experience for me, that is much faster and responsive when working - my only >> lament is the lack of database integration that I liked from Dreamweaver - >> not being able to drag and drop table and column names though has forced me >> to become more familiar with the data I work with, and as a result, I think, >> a better coder overall. Less reliance on Design View as well helped push me >> in that direction.* >> >> >> *James E. Thomas* >> Baker Botts L.L.P. Web Developer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Ajas Mohammed >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:06 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [houcfug] Re: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - 3-4 user license >> >> Thanks, I will check Aptana. I remember I had that plugin installed in >> Eclipse for CSS/JavaScript. >> >> I will check on this myself, but do you happen to know if Aptana has >> design view like DW? Honestly, thats the only reason, we are stuck with DW. >> I started using Eclipse long time back and I just love it. It just that >> sometimes, design view can be of so much help. >> >> Thanks. >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:52 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> *I would recommend looking at other IDEs such as Aptana (www.aptana.com) >>> that work quite well with all flavors of CF (even BlueDragon), and comes in >>> both a free and a commercial version. Adobe's Dreamweaver has (in my >>> opinion) become bloated, and too resource-intensive. Unless the upcoming CS4 >>> edition addresses some of these issues, then I'm sticking to open-source and >>> alternative software for CF development.* >>> >>> >>> *James E. Thomas* >>> Baker Botts L.L.P. Web Developer >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >>> Behalf Of *Ajas Mohammed >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:23 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [houcfug] Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - 3-4 user license >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Our team decided that we need to have DW for development, so my question >>> is, is there a discount code(for the user group) I can use to buy DW CS3 >>> from Adobe??? What is the best way to buy 3-4 user license for DW CS3. >>> >>> Adobe site says Buy US$399 <http://www.adobe.com/go/buydreamweaver> for >>> DW CS3. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> <Ajas Mohammed /> >>> http://ajashadi.blogspot.com >>> We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. >>> No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. >>> You can't improve what you don't measure. >>> Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, >>> sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents >>> the wise choice of many alternatives. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> <Ajas Mohammed /> >> http://ajashadi.blogspot.com >> We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. >> No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. >> You can't improve what you don't measure. >> Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, >> sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents >> the wise choice of many alternatives. >> >> > > > -- > <Ajas Mohammed /> > http://ajashadi.blogspot.com > We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. > No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. > You can't improve what you don't measure. > Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, > sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents > the wise choice of many alternatives. > > > -- <Ajas Mohammed /> http://ajashadi.blogspot.com We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. You can't improve what you don't measure. 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