I agree with Dave here. As far as I am concerned there is nothing like CF for rapid deployment but CF is not the be all and end all in my development. I like the ability to intermix custom server side Java stuff depending on the situation and that to me is a big plus. However, ASP.NET is chock full of features and one thing that Microsoft does REALLY well is make it easy for their products to communicate and well .NET works REALLY well with SQL Server features.
CFC's are great, it gives us the feeling that we are really OO programmers for an instant but a CFC is simply a Java or C++ or C# class if you think about it. Every single Java object you create is a CFC and you can't get much more native than that. I was very upset with Macromedia for releasing CF MX when they did, it was a substandard product! 6.1 has been much better to us on Windows 2003 systems and I suspect that Blackstone will be even better but I can't honestly say that I will turn a blind eye to everything else because CF is easy. I believe in using the best technology for the particular implementation. Someone mentioned that Flash forms will probably not be used much, I disagree with this statement. If Macromedia takes CF in the direction I think they are moving with their big push towards converting the web to RIAs there will be nothing easier than Flash Form stuff in the near future. Just my $0.02 Best Regards, <html><DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>Donnie Bachan </FONT></DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>Phone: (718) 217-2883 </FONT> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>ICQ#: 28006783 </FONT> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>"Nitendo Vinces - By Striving You Shall Conquer" </FONT> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184700 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
