> God bless (or curse) the archives. Here is a post from > Matt Brown (Macromedia's Community Manager): > > <http://www.houseoffusion.com/archive/index.cfm?method=message > &categoryid=1&messageid=75824> > > He states: > > "Neither visual development tools nor code-based > development environments alone will solve the needs of all > developers. People need both sorts of tools..." > > And continuing on, he says: > > "When CFStudio 5 came out, I addressed that here on this > list and nothing is changing. We have no intention of getting > rid of the CF Studio any time soon." > > That was back in November time-frame. I'm sure there are > others, but it took me an hour to find that one. He clearly > stated that visual development and code-based development > had separate needs.
Well, I hardly think he's the definitive voice of the future of Macromedia! In any case, there's no reason that a single IDE can't address the needs of both sorts of development - if you don't agree, take a look at VS.NET. Not all developers and designers will use all of the features in DW MX, but you're free to ignore the ones you don't need. I think it's interesting that DW MX has different "modes", one of which looks a bit like CF Studio, another of which looks like Dreamweaver 4. I'd be perfectly happy if MM produces a product that does all the things I need, plus a bunch of things I don't need but that the designer down the hall does need. Perhaps DW MX isn't yet that product. I think that it will be, though, and that it makes sense for MM to pursue a unified IDE. Finally, I think "any time soon" is probably accurate. After all, DW MX isn't even available yet, and it'll come bundled with Homesite+, and that will be out there for quite some time. A couple of years from now, maybe they'll be able to drop Homesite+ because all of the things we like about Studio will have been incorporated into DW MX ++. > C) Partners were no longer given free development tools. > (<-- correct me if this one is wrong, I remember some > uproar about this on the cf-partner list) This is true, I think, but a bit misleading. Instead of getting free development tools like Studio, we got free, full-featured versions of the server products that we could actually deploy on our public web sites! Not a bad trade, if you ask me - you can buy a few copies of Studio in exchange for one free CF 5 EE server license. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
