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Macromedia® ColdFusion® MX Evaluator's Guide
Using these powerful prebuilt objects, beginning developers can quickly build basic
applications, then study the resulting code to better master the details of ColdFusion
development.
The Dreamweaver MX site wizard also automatically configures the relevant site settings
on the included Windows ColdFusion MX Developer Edition. This allows users to focus
on getting their sites built, not on system and tool configuration.
Dreamweaver MX also provides support for creating ActionScript files. This enables
Macromedia Flash users to use the powerful Dreamweaver MX editing environment to
create rich Internet applications that utilize the server-side ActionScript and Flash
Remoting capabilities of ColdFusion MX.
While Dreamweaver MX is easy to learn for beginning developers, the powerful new
coding features in Dreamweaver MX also make it an ideal environment for advanced
users. Dreamweaver MX enables users to customize virtually any aspect of the editor
behavior and to create reusable blocks of ColdFusion code. For example, using the
snippets panel, developers can store frequently reused blocks of code and quickly insert
them when needed, or they can create their custom server behaviors for use in their own
work or by others in the development team. Dreamweaver MX enables beginning and
expert developers alike to increase their productivity while working in ColdFusion or other
development languages.
Working with Components and Web Services
Dreamweaver MX also provides a unique set of features to help experienced ColdFusion
developers take advantage of the most powerful new capabilities in ColdFusion MX. For
example, the Dreamweaver MX component creator offers a structured method for
defining components, their methods and attributes.
Developers can also introspect any already published components on their ColdFusion
server using the component browser. Dreamweaver automatically builds a list of the
components available on the server and allows developers to quickly navigate through
their methods and properties. Once they have found the desired component, they can
simply drag the appropriate method onto the page and automatically generate the
necessary code for invoking it.
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