Chapter . The Big News: ColdFusion Gets An IDE

If all of what we’ve looked at thus far were not enough, the next “feature” is probably the one that most excites ColdFusion developers. ColdFusion is getting its very own IDE, ColdFusion Builder. This new tool really needs an entire article unto itself, but here is a quick list of the important points to note:

  • ColdFusion Builder is built on Eclipse, the same platform which powers Flash Builder, and is actually designed to be installed along with Flash Builder for seamless integration.

  • ColdFusion Builder can work with local or remote servers, and can also stop / start / restart / manager / monitor those servers.

  • ColdFusion Builder features rich code coloring, context sensitive help, tag attribute help, ...

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