I taught an introduction to Web Programming college course for several years using CFEclipse with Adobe ColdFusion. In the very first class I gave them a good overview of using Eclipse on an overhead projector. I walked them through the project creation process and showed them where their files ended up on their local machines. I don't recall any incidents where students had difficulty using the editor.
The main problems I had were students simply not understanding how to implement programming concepts in a practical way and students not finishing the projects that they started. Is CF going to be it's own course or are you mixing in CSS, JS, and SQL in with it? In my class I taught simple SQL and CF, and it was hard to squeeze everything in to a single quarter. Warm Regards, Jordan Michaels On 04/11/2013 10:12 AM, Pete Ruckelshaus wrote: > > I teach web design, web programming (JavaScript, some JS libraries, SQL, > and CF), and computer science at a public high school that has zero budget > for software for my classes. We have a license for Homesite, but it > doesn't play well with our environment and is no longer worth the hassle. > > I've tried Aptana, but feel that it's too complex for teaching beginners > web design. What's more, I really don't like the requirement that > Eclipse-based editors have for working in a project paradigm on web files. > I use Netbeans for CompSci, which IS project-oriented, but that makes a > lot more sense given the language. > > So, what are the free (as in, free) options out there that support > HTML/CSS/JS/CF that are at least reasonably user-friendly? > > Thanks, > > Pete > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:355370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
