Chapter 2. Choosing a Development Environment
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ColdFusion applications are made up of files—lots and lots of files. These files are plain text files containing CFML, HTML, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, and more. Because they are plain text files, ColdFusion developers are free to use any editor they like to write and edit their applications.
But of all of the applications and editors out there, two are primarily used by ColdFusion developers: Adobe Dreamweaver and Eclipse. This chapter introduces you to them both.
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Although you can indeed use any editor, you must use editors that save files as plain text. This means that you should not use word processors (like Microsoft Word) to edit ...
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