The subject says it all. There will be a debugger for ColdFusion in Eclipse. Includes step through debugging, access to variables, and breakpoints. (As before, I'm posting now and will be editing as he speaks. Email subscribers please visit the live site.)
So you can set up multiple connections to servers. When done, hit debug and you enter the debug perspective. It creates a connection to CF and waits for debugging to start. Ben alt-tabs back to the browser, reloads a page, and shows the breakpoint firing in Eclipse.
You can see the output generated by CF before the breakpoint. You can see the variables as well. He showed adding a watch expression (ie, look for a variable), and it is empty at first, but as he steps through, you see the variable populate.
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Woot!
This is amazing!!!
How does this compare to FusionDebug (http://www.fusion-reactor.c... We've been using it since last November IIRC and it paid for itself on the first day.
Does the CF8 debugger have more or less features? Will it work with CF 6 or 7? Will it only be available with a CF server purchase or can you buy it separately?
So many questions!!!!
It will not work with 6 or 7, it will require 8. It is included with CF itself, as are the other Eclipse plus-ins.
--- Ben