I first developed web apps in ASP but soon discovered CF. But I was one of those who
came from a programming background -- 10+ years in VB, C, RPG, and COBOL. I gladly
embraced CF for something that none of these other languages offer: simplicity and
speed of development. Having coded CF full-time now for over three years I have yet
to encounter a situation where I wished I was back in ASP-land. Plus I have never
encountered a language where it is easier than CF to decipher and understand code
written by someone else -- even bad code.
Also, CFQUERY sure beats all that ADO code.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zhou, Mei Y (Mei) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:30 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: To ASP or not to ASP
>
> Hi, I think I am in the opposite position as you, I have worked for ASP for
> more than 3 years, and now I have to learn ColdFusion. Since I do not know
> CF as much as ASP,
> what I can say is that:
>
> 1. ASP is much powerful for people who comes from programming background,
> you can have much
> flexibility for customizing your web application, but CF will be more
> friendly for
> people who does not want to do much by themselves instead using tags...,
>
> e.g. you can use both VBScript/JavaScript for ASP, however, what we can use
> for
> CF? I have tried <CFSCript>, and from CF document, it says to look for
> JavaScript like to put it there, but I do not see too much explanation
> there..
>
>
> 2. Besides, the most important thing here for us is:
>
> If Alliare disappear one day ( e.g. no more support for the marketing reason
> ), where else you can find a job?
>
> However, if ASP disappear, e.g. C# is coming up... then, you can still use
> your VBScript
> and JavaScript to find yourself very marketable in the job market...
>
>
> Mei
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 5:34 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: To ASP or not to ASP
>
>
> This is a Microsoft shop here so that makes me a lone CF'er singing the
> praises and virtues of CF. One of our Small Apps Team members in IS is keen
> to explore CF a bit as he is currently entirely limited to ASP. He asked me
> the other day, "What makes CF better than ASP?" I said that might be an
> interesting question to pose on CF-Talk (for legitimate comments, one way or
> the other, without wishing to incite any flame wars :-)
>
>
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