Just to clarify DW does integrate with source control. VSS, out of the box, others with some tweaking. I've used Seapine and VSS with DW
That said. I like both. THere are some lazy programmer things DW offers (tag closing) that I really have gotten used to. Both are great in their own ways. On 1/27/06, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CFE is definitely targeted at code-centric developers, while DW is > essentially an HTML design tool that has had a lot code-centric stuff > bolted on. Neither approach is better or worse, just suited to > different people. The most important difference, however, has nothing > to do with that. > > CFE is built upon Eclipse, which brings with it more tools that you > could hope to learn about this year. You install Eclipse, and then > you can start building the dev environment that you need, not the one > that company X thought you needed. For example, DW doesn't integrate > with version control, but Eclipse plugins exist for CVS, SVN, > Perforce, VSS, and probably others. Want XML editing? There are > choices there too: XmlBuddy, oXygen, MyEclipse's XML stuff, and > others. > > That's the best reason I see to use CFE over DW. In all honesty, I > still think CFE is lacking compared to DW in some areas (like snippet > usability), but the external tools support make it WAY better overall. > I might lose 10-15 minutes a day because of stuff DW would make > easier, but I'll save an hour or more with all the other integrated > tools I can use in it. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 1/27/06, PINE Phyo Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > What IDE do you normally use for CF? I heard a lot of raves about > > CFEclipse so I downloaded it and use at home. I normally use Dreamweaver > > at work. Apart from CFEclipse being free, I do not find any considerable > > edge or advantage over Dreamweaver. (Any CFEclipse developers, no > > offence please.) Any thoughts on this? > > > > May be I am not using it right but CFEclipse lacks mainly, IMHO, in > > graphical representation. In Dreamweaver, I can go back and fort on > > Design view and Code view and most of the HTML component creation is a > > snap. (May be CFEclipse is more geared for pure ColdFusion.) But in > > CFEclipse I need to type everything in. Well, may be I am not geek > > enough but just typing everything in for complex UI seem like really a > > chore to me. > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Phyo Pine > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230648 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54