My job's recently gotten a little schizophrenic, and I'm currently working in both C# (along with ASP.NET) and CF. I think that once you've gotten a general command of the languages involed, you can perform common web application tasks in either at about the same rate of speed.
IMHO, what seperates the two is that CF is very simple from a code perspective, while using a .NET solution tends to have a lot more code involved. Where the "catching up" seems to come from is using a Microsoft IDE - they really do a good deal of typing for you. If I had to work in Notepad, there's no question that I'd be faster in CF - even with all involved languages memorized - because there's simply less typing to do. I think Dave wraps it up really well: "[In C#,] you have more explicit control over many things, but you have to do more work as a result." On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:15:11 -0400, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't want to start the whole .net vs cf discussion here. > > But is it possible to build things as quick as you can in C# > > as you can in CF? Are somethings faster better in C#? > > I can't, personally. However, with more practice, I'm sure I could. Some > things are certainly better in C#. For example, it's a general-purpose > programming language, so you can build desktop GUI and console applications > with it. It's a lower-level language than CF, and that conveys all of the > advantages and disadvantages of any lower-level language - you have more > explicit control over many things, but you have to do more work as a result. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > phone: 202-797-5496 > fax: 202-797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182347 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
