Sean A Corfield wrote: >>The reason is that I'm used to the power that PHP generally gives me >>and I don't like the syntax. And that's just for starters. > > *grin* And I don't like the PHP syntax... all those silly $ $ $...
heheh, and I don't like the #variable# syntax! :) >>Personally I'd think that VB developer could make the switch to CF >>relatively easily, but what one might call a 'hard-core' programmer may >>well have problems with the switch. In that case I'd seriously think >>about doing the CF + Java route, but I'd say that about the same as >>going a PHP + Smarty route. > > For an alternative viewpoint: > > http://www.corfield.org/index.php?fuseaction=coldfusion.main Hmmm, if I didn't have to use CF I'd probably agree with everything you said. But with a templating engine like Smarty you can do *nearly* everything you can do with CF apart from the excellent interfacing with Java. > Quote: "I consider myself to be a pretty hardcore software engineer and > I love ColdFusion MX - I can use all the knowledge I've acquired > over the years about good software design and I can apply it to > ColdFusion MX to build web applications easily and quickly." Ditto, but using PHP :D -- Oliver Tupman Key Systems Geotechnical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
