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Eclipse for the ColdFusion User. A Guide to Productivity. About the Presenter. Jared Rypka-Hauer Architect and Developer - Continuum Media Group, LLC, Burnsville MN Organizer of cf.Objective() Conference, Bloomington, MN Member Adobe Community Experts (ACEs - formerly Team Macromedia)
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Eclipse for the ColdFusion User A Guide to Productivity
About the Presenter Jared Rypka-Hauer • Architect and Developer - Continuum Media Group, LLC, Burnsville MN • Organizer of cf.Objective() Conference, Bloomington, MN • Member Adobe Community Experts (ACEs - formerly Team Macromedia) • Member Team Fusion • Former Senior Software Architect for AboutWeb, LLC • Has contributed code to Model-Glue, Reactor, and CFEclipse
What on earth is Eclipse? • IBM’s Open Source Initiative • History: http://www.eclipse.org/org/ • Java • Plug-ins like Mad • Wide variety of plugins available • Ideal for custom solutions like CFEclipse
How to get Eclipsed • Download Eclipse • SDK Download: 90-100MB • Focus is on Eclipse developers • Unzip Downloaded File • YES! It’s really that easy.
How to get CFEclipsed • http://www.cfeclipse.org • 2 Methods to install: • ZIP file download/Manual Deploy • {eclipse_location}\plugins folder • Automatic Update/Install Location • Help > Software Updates Panel • URL http://www.cfeclipse.org/update • Automatic Install = Automatic Update • For Advanced Users: Extension Locations • Excellent way to organize plugins • Perfect for machines with multiple users
FlexBuilder2 and CFEclipse • http://labs.macromedia.com • Excellent tool for CF Developers • Integrates with Flex2 and SDK • Based on Eclipse for Windows (Bah!) • Works with CFEclipse for all-in-one solution! • Includes an RDS plugin! • Demo (if possible)
RDS Plugin • http://labs.macromedia.com • Download RDS plugin for Flex2 ß2 • Unzip the download • Copy to {eclipse_folder}/plugins • Restart Eclipse if running • Window > Show View > Other… • Expand RDS in the RDS view • Query Builder on Windows
MyEclipse - Everything Else! • If there’s time… • MyEclipse - XML, HTML, UML, DB, J2EE • http://www.myeclipseide.com • Eclipse+CFE+MyEclipse+RDS = Dreamweaver and then some • Start/Stop J2EE servers • Start/Stop within Eclipse • Logs in Console View • $39.99/year well worth the price
Resources • http://www.eclipse.org • In Eclipse terms, a “drop” is a build and the “platform” is another name for the software… download the Platform and you get Eclipse. Don’t get the SDK unless you know you want it • http://www.cfeclipse.org • Wiki, how-to, instructions, etc. • http://www.myeclipseide.org • Excellent set of tools to flesh out Eclipse • http://labs.macromedia.com • FlexBuilder2 and RDS plugin • http://www.dopefly.com/pages/cfeclipse.cfm • WIDE variety of info, how-to, and articles on Eclipse, CFE, plugins, etc.