UI Development Perspective Overview
Software AG Designer and Composite Application Framework use the Eclipse platform to provide the tools to create Web and portlet applications. The Eclipse platform is composed of a model layer, known as the workspace containing projects, folders, and files, and a folders, and the workbench layer that defines the presentation for resources. The Eclipse workbench uses the term perspective to define a set of the actions, resources, and views available to complete a specific task.
In Composite Application Framework, you use the UI Development Perspective to development of Web and portlet applications. The list describes the brief views and editors used in the Composite Application Framework UI Development Perspective for developing Web and portlet applications projects.
Project ExplorerShows resources in the workspace organized by project. You can access Composite Application Framework project repair tools and external strings for localization.
Design Canvas Provides editing functions for building the user interface for
Composite Application Framework Web and portlet applications. You can drag the View Declaration Language (VDL) file for a view to the design canvas, and then drag controls from the
Palette to the VDL file. For more information, see
About the Design Canvas.
Palette Contains the JavaServer Faces user interface controls
Composite Application Framework Web and portlet applications. For more information, see
Palette View.
Bindings Lists the managed beans in the Web application, enables creating new parameters, security roles, and other properties. For more information, see
Bindings View.
Properties Shows the properties for the asset selected in the perspective. You can specify values for a control’s properties in the design canvas and objects in the MWS Admin view. For more information, see
Properties View.
MWS Admin Displays resources on an instance of
My webMethods Server, and enables access to environment configuration and monitoring tools. For more information, see
The MWS Admin View.
Servers Lists the runtime environments configured and associated with
Composite Application Framework. You can publish a web application to a supported runtime server.
Composite Application Framework portlet applications are only supported on
My webMethods Server. For more information, see
Working with My webMethods Server.
Package Navigator Data Source Explorer Lists data sources and database connections you can associate with components in a Web or portlet application. For more information, see
Data Source Explorer View.
Snippets Consolidates default complex controls as snippets providing usable components for your applications. For more information, see
Data Source Explorer View.
Saved Searches Shows a list of saved searches. You can save searches regularly performed for faster access to the search results. For more information about using saved searches, see Administering My webMethods Server.
Outline Shows the structure of the asset open in the design canvas. For more information, see
Outline View.
Solutions Shows
webMethods Product Suite assets in your workspace, and provides a quick way to see important assets in a Web or portlet application project. For more information, see
Solutions View.
Navigator Shows the assets in the workspace divided into project node trees. You can add Web and portlet application projects, portlets, views, Web service connectors, and edit resources. This default Eclipse view enables opening files for editing.
Problems Displays system-generated errors, warnings, or information associated with a resource in a default Eclipse view. This is default Eclipse view.
Search Displays the results of a search in a default Eclipse Search view.
Console Shows initialization, information, and other server related activities in a default Eclipse view.
