[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: Survey: Do you use the built-in html-css to

[Richard Geddes <rich.geddes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I was a little confused.. I thought that WST in the standard J2EE 
install supplied the HTML/CSS/JS tools.  Since I'm new to eclipse, 
what's the easiest way to get the full WTP suite?

Anyway, because programming web apps usually involves a variety of tools 
(and now a-days HTML/CSS/JS seems to be the min requirement), it looks 
like eclipse can house a majority of them under one roof... that's 
attractive to me.  You don't have to relearn the different ways 
development tools behave.  The catch is... if the overhead (not code, 
but people issues... learning, administration, etc.) for using eclipse 
becomes the focus, I loose sight of what I originally wanted to complete.

Thanks
R

David Carver wrote:
> Richard Geddes wrote:
> > I'm new to eclipse webtools.  I've been using bluefish for html and 
> > cssed for css.  Before I invest time learning the ins & outs of the 
> > eclipse tools for html/css would you please give me some advice on 
> > using  the eclipse tools for html/css vs other tools.
> >
> > Thanks
> > R
>
> It's hard to give you an exact answer with out knowing what you are 
> looking for.   In regards to the editors, they provide all the standard 
> features including content assistance, syntax coloring, etc that you 
> would expect.   You need to install the full WTP suite to get the Visual 
> Web Page Designer which gives you WYSIWYMG editing.  They also provide 
> validation of all the content against the HTML 4.0 spec and dtd as well.
>
> But again, it's hard to get specific without more detail.
>
> Dave