amen brotha! one guy on the flash coders list said he could code better & faster in php then in cfm u must get a free crack pipe with your php dl! haha
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Paul Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:45:25 +0100 >Speaking as someone that has just inherited a very short (5 day) contract to >fix up some old php, and I have to say, I am such a happy puppy that I chose >not to develop in PHP full time. > >At this point it's probably best to note that we also run PHP on our server >so that when we take custom off of our competitors that use PHP, we can do >it with the minimum of fuss and then re-write the app in CF at leisure. It >niggles me that we have to run it at all but we've had to compromise to get >the custom as if we made people wait to switch whilst we re-wrote the site, >we'd lose the business. > >Anyway back to the point.... without exception, every site we have re-built >in CFMX from a PHP ancestry has had a) a smaller final code base (mainly due >to excellent code reuse) b) greater functionality (again, you gotta love the >code re-use factor of CFMX) c) more stability and reliability (in my >experience CFMX just works... PHP on the other hand needs a lot of >babysitting) d) a major speed increase e) better architecture (code re-use >again cfcs rock!). > >The speed is the one that our customers notice the most and it kinda proves >the point to them, but the other points I mention make an easier life for us >as maintenance of CFMX is low to nil even when you include the patching >process. > >Certainly moving away from PHP has been a great benefit to most of our >customers that didn't come to us in the first place. > >Overall, our investment in CF has paid for itself many times over in shorter >(re)development times and better application maintenance which lets us >provide a better service to more people in less time. In my years as a >contractor, I haven't come across a single PHP project that I would say is >well written but then I am the one going in and fixing the problems because >the developers that built the PHP in the first place have gone out of >business or just aren't being responsive to the problems they've created... > >Paul > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182111 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
