Before this turns into a lengthy dicussion, I'll explain my reasoning. All three apporaches were meant to solve a problem within web devolpment: how to incresse a developer's productivity, while providing a way for the devloper to look at the bigger picture, the purpose an functionality of an application.
With that said, there are things about each that I like and dislike. For example, in ASP.net, I like the Datagrid concept... on the other hand I dislike the whole postback mechanisam where code is intermingled with the display aspects. In Java Stuts, I like how the framework handles moving people from process step to process step... on the other hand simple chores like server side validation are harder.
The purpose is that each framework/language has its stengths and weaknesses in the application building process.
To answer your question, Cold Fusion's strength is that it has been here awhile, its tag syntax does not have the quirkiness that .net has for example and the fact there is lots of documentation and help for the weary developer.
Jeremy
> Don't jump, please. I know this question has been asked many many
> times.
> First of all, I think the topic borders between CF-talk and
> CF-community. In the past I wouldn't even waste time to mention this
> but I've learned a hard lession, to be on the safe side, spend the
> time to add this note, avoiding a wrong "password" to get shot :(((
> Also, I don't think quite a few old threads/search results is current
> on the subject matter.
>
> Essentially two reasons for me to post this msg:
> (1) I'd like to gather some potent "fuel" for the statement that CF is
> RAD. I've looked at MM web site for ideas, though I found their
> following statement
> "
> With ColdFusion MX, you can build and deploy powerful web applications
> and web services with far less training time and fewer lines of code
> than ASP, PHP, and JSP.
> "
> yet, I did not find any supporting writing. So, I'd appreciate
> ideas/thoughts in this direction.
> (2) If, if there's some sort of "centralized" (a better word might be
> "constantly updated") site which carrys weight in the subject matter,
> it would be a service to all in the community.
>
> Thank you for your time.
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