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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: /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 2 Methods to install: ZIP file download/Manual Deploy {eclipse_location}\plugins folder Automatic Update/Install Location Help Software Updates Panel URL /update Automatic Install = Automatic Update For Advanced Users: Extension Locations Excellent way to organize plugins Perfect for machines with multiple users FlexBuilder2 and CFEclipse 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 Download RDS plugin for Flex2 ?2 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 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 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 Wiki, how-to, instructions, etc. Excellent set of tools to flesh out Eclipse F