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Macromedia® ColdFusion® MX Evaluator's Guide
Dreamweaver MX Integration
Developers primarily experience the productivity of ColdFusion through their
development environment, as that is where they build and test their applications. As a
result, it is vital that the development tools work hand-in-hand with the server to provide a
smooth development and deployment process.
One of the most exciting opportunities of the merger between Macromedia and Allaire
was the chance to combine two of the industry-leading web development tools –
Macromedia Dreamweaver and ColdFusion Studio – into a single environment that would
provide the best features of both products. As a result, beginning with the introduction of
Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia is focusing its commitment to ColdFusion development
within the Dreamweaver product itself and will no longer develop or sell ColdFusion
Studio as a separate product,
Dreamweaver MX combines the robust code editing features previously found in
ColdFusion Studio with the world renowned visual design features of Dreamweaver.
While Dreamweaver MX supports multiple development models, it is most tightly
integrated with ColdFusion MX and provides the most powerful ColdFusion development
environment ever.
Combined with ColdFusion MX, Dreamweaver MX is the most approachable way for web
developers to get started in application development. Moreover, the addition of robust
application development features to Dreamweaver MX provides experienced
professionals with a powerful environment for building ColdFusion applications. As a
result, for the first time ever, all the members of the development team – HTML designers,
novice developers, and seasoned professionals – can share a common development
environment, thereby simplifying collaboration, cross-training, and reuse among team
members.
Rapid ColdFusion Development with Dreamweaver MX
Dreamweaver MX provides complete support for the new features in ColdFusion MX,
including ColdFusion Components, XML, web services, server-side ActionScript,
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