Company Overview

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Increasing Productivity By Using Homesite
Jo Belyea-Doerrman jobdoer_at_teratech.com CFFUN
04 June 27, 2004
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Homesite Advantages

• Based on Homesite/CF Studio
• Extendable
• Local Development
• Increases Productivity
• Comes with built in help
• Offers a lot of tools
• Its FREE (when you install DreamweaverMX
• or on the CFUN04 disk in your bag!!!)

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Homesite Features

• Project Architecture
• Advanced HTML Editor
• Visual Database Tools
• including Query Builder
• Interactive Debugging

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Homesite Features

• Two-way Visual Programming
• Allows for Code Re-Use
• Wizards
• Universal File Browser
• Expression Builder

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Homesite Installation

• To install or upgrade
• If you are upgrading, you can uninstall the
  previous version before installing the new
  version, but do not delete the UserData and
  AutoBackup folders from the previous
  installation. If you delete them, you cannot
  import your customizations, or the files that
  were created by Auto Backup, into the new
  version.
• Close all open applications and insert the
  HomeSite for Dreamweaver MX CD-ROM.
• When the initial window displays, click Install.
• Follow the instructions in the Installation
  Wizard.
• After the program files are copied to your
  computer, select the option to restart your
  computer and click Finish.

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Homesite Installation

• If you are upgrading from Studio 4.5 or above you
  can keep your current settings for the following
• Snippet Shortcuts
• Special Characters
• Code Templates
• ShowLineNumbers True
• Tag Definitions namespace precedence
• Web documents extensions (such as htm, html, cfm,
  cfml, css, asp, dbm)
• Show Quick Bar
• Show Editor Toolbar

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Homesite Installation

• Enable Dreamweaver Integration
• Auto Completion
• Color Settings
• Color Palettes
• Favorite Folders
• Recent Files
• Code Sweeper
• Debug Settings
• Debug Mappings
• Development Style (CFML, ASP and or JSP)

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Homesite Tools

• Tools come in various forms
• Toolbars
• Quickbar
• Resource Windows
• Shortcut keys
• Right Mouse click
• Gutter Options
• Built in Wizards

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Homesite
Flexible Toolbar
Quick Bar
Gutter Options
Resource Window
Resource Tabs
Debugging Tools
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Homesite Demonstration

• Style Inspector
• Query Builder
• Snippets
• Tag Inspector
• Code Sweeper
• Navigating within your document
• Document Weight
• Using Help
• Javascript Wizard

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Homesite Cool Items
Tag Definition Library
Allows you to customize Homesite
RDS and FTP
Allows for remote development
File Management
Copy, Move files from within Homesite
Projects
Tie into 3rd Party Source Software
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Homesite Tips
Tips
Use the features that come with Homesite Try
each button once, you may find something you
like! There were a lot of features I didnt have
time to coverI hope you discover them for
yourself.
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Cold Fusion Homesite Overview
Jo Belyea-Doerrman jobdoer consulting Web
Application Consultant Rockville,
Maryland jobdoer_at_teratech.com 301/977-9249