Can you give me a few examples of the APIs you are talking about? What type of master/detail DB interaction are you talking about in regards to .NET that doesn't exist?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Why is coldfusion better. > > Adam > > As stated in other posts your question is fact and not fiction. > > For example as the sys-con article says CF comes with out of the box > solutions, so let's look at gateways for example. How long would you think > it would take a .Net developer to write the same API that coldfusion has > built in, or lets look at the reports side of the table how long would it > take to incorporate this into PHP, and the amount of extra code needed is > what it boils down to. > > So if you were to develop an enterprise solution that uses gateways, > reporting flash remoting and created the classes for the API's your time > would out way the cost of buying CF in the first place. > > We currently use the custom tags and components to deliver a framework > that > we can create a master/detail database interaction with minimal work, but > with great functionality and power. To write this in .Net, Php for example > it would cost us our hourly rate which per week runs in the thousands, yet > we can create this in as little as a few hours. So if we take that example > of the .Net solution, Java soloution it would take us a month or 2 which > would run into the many thousands, instead we cut the cost by nearly 90% > and > CF has more than paid for itself in the RAD that we use to create the > application in. > > The argument always boils down, how long will it take me to write this in > CF > and at my rates what is that going to cost me. Then do the same comparison > with any other language and you will soon see the benefits more clearly. > > Everyone on this list is going to say the same thing. CF is RAD in its > approach, and its very hard to bet that in any other language at the > moment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194128 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
