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Simon Free
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Getting started with Adobe ColdFusion Builder beta
Adobe ColdFusion Builder is the newest ColdFusion IDE to come to the market, and it is designed with the ColdFusion developer in mind. Unlike other IDEs, which only allow developers to write CFML, ColdFusion Builder beta allows developers to connect directly with the ColdFusion server and expand their development experience. ColdFusion Builder beta not only allows for easy management of development and live servers from within the IDE, but also for more robust debugging through built-in validation and debugging services.
For anyone who has used Eclipse, or even Flash Builder beta to a lesser extent, the interface will seem very familiar. This is because ColdFusion Builder beta is built on the Eclipse Platform. The same principles that Eclipse uses, such as workspaces and projects, still exist in ColdFusion Builder beta, although modified to specifically meet a ColdFusion developer's needs. For those of you who have never used Eclipse before, some of these concepts may seem alien, so in the first section you'll have a chance to open up ColdFusion Builder beta, take a deep sniff of that new IDE smell, and look at some of the basics before going too deep into the features.
Requirements
In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:
ColdFusion Builder beta
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About the author
Simon is an Adobe Community Expert, an Adobe Certified Instructor, and a Senior Web Developer for e-bim.com. Working on several high profile projects ranging from a start-up athlete skin care shopping cart application to a full blown CMS requiring multiple workflows for publishing and editing several types of content, Simon has used many different technologies including ColdFusion, Flex, InDesign, AIR, Blaze DS, and LiveCycle Data Services ES. Constantly learning, Simon is always looking for new challenges and reports his findings to user groups and on his website.
