The determining factor in RAD is going to be your proficiency with each tool, not necessarily the tool itself. I have heard from many CF/ASP.NET guys will tell you that given an equal amount of skill between the two tools, they can create the same app in the same amount of time with either tool.
Sounds like you have more CF skill than anything, thereby making CF more productive for you...right now. The learning curve is undoubtedly shorter with CF, so new developers lacking both skills will be more productive sooner with CF vs. ASP.NET. Where you see your organization going platform-wise is also your other main factor. The ability to change to Linux/Unix/Windows is obviously a huge perk with CF. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war..... Can anybody point to any useful metrics that support the RAD aspect of ColdFusion over ASP.NET. It's one I've always felt true and I did do one comparison back in the ASP vs. CF4.5 days. It would be nice to have something more current and independent. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning .....-----Original Message----- .....From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:19 PM .....To: CF-Talk .....Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war..... ..... .....actually, thats not a very good one either (suprisingly) ..... for example on some of the examples where it addes extra lines for .....cfoutput, as most of use surround the body with 1 output not once every .....time its needed. ..... ..... heres my take on it all ..... ..... cfmx7 give you RAD develpment and if extra power is needed you can tap .....into java or if you have a .net specific item you can run that as well .....(if on a bd server), you can also run it on what you want. ..... ..... .net seems to be better for people who want to think highly of themselfs .....a "traditional programmers" but yet aren't enough of a "programmer" to .....learn java. ..... ..... Personally, I will take the RAD of cfm with the luxury of knowing if I .....need any additional power that I have it and be able to offer my .....customers good sites faster, cheaper and it gives me time to worry about .....the users experience more than about whether my c++ code is worthy of ....."master geek" status. ..... ..... It funny how I also seem to be in this debate with ppl and the funny .....thing is the .net guys seem to be more worried about .net making them .....more of a "programmer", personally I could care less if I am a ....."programmer", I would rather worry about how I can make my clients .....successful over my own self indulgence. ..... .....~Dave the disruptor~ ....."A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient .....capital to form a corporation." ..... .....---------------------------------------- .....From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:57 PM .....To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> .....Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war..... ..... .....Okay.. to be balanced. ..... .....http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/cf_aspnet06.html ..... .....-----Original Message----- .....From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:47 AM .....To: CF-Talk .....Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war..... ..... .....LOL, thats only a WEE bit biased! ..... ..... how bout this part of it, can I run it on whatever platform, hardware, .....software I or my client wants or am I stuck made to use only microsoft .....crap................. ..... .....~Dave the disruptor~ ....."A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient .....capital to form a corporation." ..... .....---------------------------------------- .....From: "Jacob" .....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:36 PM .....To: CF-Talk .....Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war..... ..... .....http://www.promoteware.com/Module/Article/ArticleView.aspx?id=10 ..... .....-----Original Message----- .....From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:26 AM .....To: CF-Talk .....Subject: Not to start a flame war..... ..... .....I would like as civilized discussion on the differences between .NET and .....ColdFusion MX7 Enterprise. ..... .....I know all the arguments of free vs. licensing, ease of language, ect and .....I .....am not looking to rehash those. ..... .....I would like a break down of features one has and the other doesn't, such .....as .....verity in ColdFusion. ..... .....-------------- .....Ian Skinner .....Web Programmer .....BloodSource .....www.BloodSource.org .....Sacramento, CA ..... ....."C code. 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