I attended a java quick-start seminar at a local contracting company a couple of years ago. I was also amazed at how much work is required to produce simple out put. When I showed the instructor how it could be done in CF, they were also surprised.
Of course, the java people considered CF just a toy since it took only seconds to create a quick query page. We use an AS400 with Websphere for our current, soon-to-be-replaced, student system. No one at our university has any clue about the development, so we are forced, for the time being, to rely on our contractor. I would estimate the amount spent to be around $2 million+ for such a crappy system. Only after a couple of years, was it decided to scrap it for a packaged student system. Here is the biggest problem with our old system. The contractor decided to break all that is good with a web browser and just turn the web application into a green screen terminal. It is sickening. Good luck to you with Websphere. You need to convince your company to use CF on top of Websphere. ;) M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Anybody else dealing with RAD 6 or IBM Portal Development? I'm in class this week (which is why I'm quiet all day then spam the list when I get home at night). I'm learning "WebSphere Portal 5.1 development with RAD 6". Now the class expects quite a bit of basic Java knowledge (which I don't have) but I think I'm keeping up okay. Just wondering if anybody is dealing with this stuff. I'm constantly amazed about COMPLICATED this stuff is: to do a "hello world" portlet "the right way" you're talking like 5 or six separate files! RAD 6 (based on Eclipse 3) is okay (not great) but OH SO SLOW AND BIG (the install of everything - RAD 6, WebSphere developer edition and Portal tools - is in the 3 gigabytes range - upwards of 18 CDs). If I stay at the company I'm with I'll be moving away from CF towards this stuff - does it ever get simpler? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191887 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
