I have been using DW since version 1, and before that I have been coding HTML by hand, and I still do (with Studio, which really could be considered a crutch since it helps you along the way with tag insight and all). Anyway, I have discovered UD, especially version 4 which I just bought to be very handy. Like the ASP developer and Interdev, Ultradev serves a good purpose. Although I can lay out tables by hand, what is the point when you have a good tool that pretty much does the work for you? And as far as layering goes, have fun doing it by hand as well. It can and is done, but I prefer to use UD for that. And the CF integration is great. I tried Netobjects Fusion and totally thought it was a waste of time and money (glad I did not buy it, some other poor schlep did and he just let me try it out). And as far as the link in Studio, I like it because I do not have to go to the task bar, click on UD, then browse to the folder that has the file I want to edit. Just click and it is there in seconds. As Ben Forta said some time ago in CFDJ, you have to pick the right web tool (CF, ASP, Java, PHP, etc... for the current project, so goes your editing tools. Use the right tool for the job. Why go to the icehouse to fill the icebox when you have electricity in your house and you can plug in a refrigerator. Why use Notepad just because it is free when there are great tools out there to use that can speed up development time? For just pure coding CF, studio is the way to go. For doing the more mundane stuff like page design, use UD or your preferred WYSIWYG tool (except for FrontPage).
IMHO that is. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Juncker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:39 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 and CF Studio Thanks - That was kind of what I had come to the conclusion of, Worthless unless you totally use WYSIWYG I like to see what I am coding, so I guess I just stick with Studio. I guess I still don't see why they have the link to UD in Studio either, what purpose does that solve? Larry Juncker Senior Cold Fusion Developer Heartland Communications Group, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: BILLY CRAVENS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:25 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 and CF Studio Those capabilities don't exist. The "code" mode is really nothing more than Notepad with color coding. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Juncker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:23 PM Subject: DreamWeaver UltraDev 4 and CF Studio > Question; > > Has anyone figured out how to do Tag completion in UltraDev4 like we can do > in CF Studio? > They want me to use UltraDev, but I truly am spoiled by the Tag Completion > feature of Studio. > > Any direction on this would be greatly appreciated. > > Larry Juncker > Senior Cold Fusion Developer > Heartland Communications Group, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
