User Guide

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The Dreamweaver MX environment
As a ColdFusion developer, you can build ColdFusion MX applications by writing the code
manually or generating the code by using one of the code-generating tools provided with
Dreamweaver MX.
Features for ColdFusion developers
Dreamweaver MX provides a wide variety of code editing features for ColdFusion developers,
including the following:
• Rich tag editors for quickly setting attributes and values for every CFML tag.
• Code hints for writing CFML tag attributes.
• Code validator for validating code readiness against other ColdFusion versions.
• Tag chooser with integrated reference material for inserting ColdFusion tags.
• Snippets panel for reusing code.
• Integrated debugging display for quickly pinpointing problem areas in the code.
• Remote ColdFusion server connection for browsing remote data sources and files.
• Dreamweaver MX online Help includes ColdFusion MX documentation.
If you plan to use Dreamweaver MX or HomeSite+ to build the sample ColdFusion application
in Part II of this book, see the following sections for information about configuring these tools for
ColdFusion development.