Important Views Of EGL

Out of the dozens of Workbench views available to assist you with your development, there are an essential nine:
1.Project Explorer
2.Content Area
3.Page Data
4.Palette
5.Properties
6.Console
7.Servers
8.Problems
9.Outline

Project Explorer:
Organizes your project…and…allows you to:
Create new resources:
§ EGL programs, services, etc.
§ Web pages and other files
Open files into the Content Area
Manipulate files:
§ Delete, Move and Rename
Run pages
Debug EGL programs
Generate (compile)
Refactor
§ When “A” is changed change related “B” resources
Set project-level properties
§ By Right-clicking over a resource in the Project Explorer you access a “Context Menu” that provides options è
By double-clicking over a resource in the Project Explorer you open that resource in the Content Area view
Content Area:

Double-clicking a file in Project Explorer opens it in the Content Area
The appropriate editor for that file-type will also open
Here’s Page Designer è
Page Designer is an RBDe editor that is used for laying out and creating your pages from JSF (graphical) components
Page Data VIEW:
View of the JSF Handler (EGL) resources you can drag and drop onto your web page
Variables – which become labels and input/output controls
Functions – which become Submit Buttons
Services – which become entire forms, based on their parameters and functions

Palette View:
Provides a drag & drop way to add controls to your U.I. (web page or rich client or console U.I. form)If the Palette View is not available by default, open it from the menu:
Window >Show View > Other… General (expand)> Palette

Properties View:
Allows you to specify the behavior and characteristics of a U.I. control declaratively (without having to code at the source API level). One of the primary development constructs is that you:

Server Veiw:
Allows you to start and stop the application server in which you run and debug your application. And to publish (re-deploy) your application.

Console View:
Allows you to see a trace of the run-time events and messages to “system out” that happen as your application executes on the server.

Problem View:
Allows you to see syntax or structural problems (unset project properties, etc.) in your application.
Note, by double-clicking on a problem the file in question is opened in the Content Area, and your mouse is positioned to the line (and even characters) in question.

Out Line View:
Provides a consolidated, click-able list of your programs:
Imports
Functions
Variables
Other EGL resources
$ Especially useful for:
Navigating throughout large source files
Top-Down code analysis
Learning – or getting the giste of some code quickly