Optimizing the Workspace for Visual Development
You can optimize the MX workspace to develop web applications visually. For example, you can use panels to rapidly build dynamic pages and you can view data live on your pages while you work.
Displaying useful panels
Click the Application tab in the Insert bar to display a set of buttons that
let you add dynamic content and server behaviors to your page, as follows
The number and type of icons that appear depend on the document type opened in the Document window. The Insert bar includes buttons to add the following items to the page:
Recordsets
Dynamic text or tables
Forms to insert or update records in a database
Record navigation bars
If you switch to Code view (View > Code), additional panels may appear to
allow you to insert code in the page. For example, if you view a JSP page in
Code view, a JSP panel appears on the Insert bar as follows:
To find out what each icon on the Insert bar does, move your mouse over an icon. A tooltip appears, as follows:
If you want to define sources of dynamic content for your page and add the content to the page, select Window > Data Bindings. The Bindings panel appears as follows:
For more information, see Setting the Bindings panel options.
If you want to add server-side logic to your dynamic pages, select Window > Server Behaviors. The Server Behaviors panel appears as follows:
A server behavior is the set of instructions inserted in a dynamic page at design time and executed on the server at runtime. For more information, see Setting the Server Behaviors panel options.
If you want to explore databases or create database connections, select Window > Databases. The Databases panel appears as follows:
For more information, see Setting the Databases panel options.
If you want to inspect, add, or modify code for JavaBeans, ColdFusion components, or web services, select Window > Components. The Components panel appears as follows:
Note: The Components panel is enabled only if you open a ColdFusion, a JSP, or an ASP.NET page. Also, the document might not support certain components. For example, ColdFusion documents do not support JavaBeans.
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