> Most of what you are talking about is not a function of ASP.NET, > but of > editors such as Visual Studio.NET.
Uh, no it's not. I've written all this code using CFStudio/notepad. > Don't mistake the tools for the platform. I never do. > MS introduced things to web developers that they had never really used > (I speak broadly here, don't be offended). People were not > familiar with > separating code from interface; it seems fast and easy to do it that > way. And for small applications it may be. > > I get in this "one thing is better than the other" argument all > the time > with people. Before you can claim one is better than the other, first > look at where the pros come from, is it from the platform or from the > tools? If it is from the tools that just means somebody took some time > and developed some things for you to use with their platform. > > Don't confuse the two, because they are not the same. To reiterate: It's not from the tools. EVERYTHING I've mentioned is easily writable using your favourite text editor. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:01 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against > Java> > > Well, you can still use COM, and it won't break for strange reasons, > such > > as in CF. > > > > Although CFMX's CFCs are good, and having Web Services are even > better, > > there's still problems with datatypes that CFMX has trouble > with. Not > to > > mention custom datatypes. Is everything in CF going to have to > be a > > structure? Gawd, I'd just like to have a freaking hashtable in CF. > > > > ASP.NET has the very convenient events when a page is loaded, etc. > You > > can therefore place most, if not all, your logic at the top of the > page. > > I know you can hack this in CFMX using <cfsavecontent>, but it's > nicein > > ASP.NET in that MS has acknowledged that, yes, it's nice to have > your> logic in one place and here's a way for you to do it. > > > > Also, you can pretty well write all your display code using > built-in > > server side code. This is more akin to traditional development - > I > don't > > literally write options in a select box in Java Swing, for example. > But > > this is what happens on the web. > > > > Furthermore, let's talk about the built-in functionality that > ASP.NEThas. > > One of the biggest (if not the biggest) feature about CF is how > "built-in" > > a lot of stuff is. So now that ASP.NET has a bunch of built-in > stuff,why > > is that suddenly considered a con? > > > > And, you know when a user's session is terminated in ASP.NET. CFMX > > _still_ doesn't have this. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
