> I guess my point here is that you don't have to use these things when > building apps in ASP.NET. You choose too.
Of course. > > The same thing applies in every other platform/language there is. Yes. > I consider the fancy form stuff in .NET as part of the tools they have > provided, while it does exist outside of VS.NET and anybody can run > them, they are still a part of the tools that MS created and > included in > the platform. It's part of _ASP.NET_. That is what we're talking about, right? And I never said ASP.NET was a platform. .NET is the platform. > <cfform> is a tool, not part of the platform. The platform doesn't and > should provide things for you, the tools provide these things. Yes. In the case of CF, the tool and the platform are coupled very tightly (you can't really do anything useful with the platform unless you are using CFML). > > Maybe it is a difference of opinion and terms, but what you are > talkingabout is part of the tools. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:33 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against Java > > > > > 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. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
