Introduction to perspectives in Desktop Studio

Desktop Studio provides perspectives to carry out various development tasks associated with creating automations. A perspective essentially is a collection of tools and windows dedicated to carrying out a development task. The left-hand side of the following screenshot shows the five perspectives available to a developer:

Figure 5.1 – Desktop Studio perspectives

Let's look at the perspectives shown:

• The Explorer perspective (1) is selected, and all the sections associated with this perspective are visible.
• The Workflow perspective (2).
• The Editor perspective (3).
• The UI Designer perspective (4).
• The Debug menu with the debug option (F5), which leads to the debug perspective (5).

The screenshot also shows the common elements available from all perspectives:

• The menu bar: The top-level menus do not change with perspectives, but the options within the menus vary....