Tuto WEBDEV 25

24 Part 1: Discovering WEBDEV Overview WEBDEV is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) targeted for Internet/Intranet development: e-commerce, multimedia, ... The developed sites can give access to information stored in the databases. WEBDEV allows you to create: • static Internet/Intranet sites. These sites manage data that does not vary (company showroom site, site available on a DVD-ROM, etc.). • dynamic Internet/Intranet sites, that manage data. The WEBDEV sites access all databases, relational or not, available on the market. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your sites (with or without database) and how to improve them by using the features proposed by WEBDEV. Starting WEBDEV ▶ Start WEBDEV 25 (if not already done). ▶ When WEBDEV 25 is launched for the first time , a welcome wizard will start: • If you have worked with an earlier WEBDEV version, this wizard allows you to retrieve the existing configurations. • If you are a new user, this wizard allows you to configure your environment. This allows you to choose the screen configuration used and to configure the Control Centers. ▶ If you have already launched WEBDEV 25 , identify yourself if necessary. The development environment starts. The WEBDEV home page is displayed. This home page is used to: • display the news, • create a project, • open an existing project, • open an example, • open one of the projects found in the tutorial. ▶ Let’s take a look at the development environment of WEBDEV. To do so, from the WEBDEV home page: • Click "Tutorial". • Double-click "Full WEBDEV Site (Answer)". • The corresponding project is opened in the editor. The project dashboard is displayed. The project dashboard allows you to check the progress of a project via several elements (called widgets).