Here is how I see it. If the majority of your developers know CF, then stick with that. It costs more (both time & money) to learn .Net than it does to learn CF. .Net may be free to put on the server, but training and tools (VS Studio) both cost alot more than tools & training for .Net.
my 2cents On 7/13/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote> > (cfhttp, cffile, cfftp, flash forms, cfchart, cfdump, cfreport, cfdocument, > flash remoting, omg, where to stop? ). > </quote> > > Is it fair and unbiased to say that it is easier to do these things in > ColdFusion then ASP.NET? The Ben Forta article that was referenced earlier > gave some good examples. I particlularly liked the consuming a webservice. > But was somewhat disapointed that he just left the ASP.NET version as > "difficulit" without providing a code example. Anybody have a such a thing? > Or similar comparisons for these other features. > > This is information is what I was originally looking for. Other references > and opinions have given me other ideas as well and this thread has been very > helpful and relatively flame free so far. > > The position I'm asked to defened is why should we spend the organizations > very scarce dollars on ColdFusion rather then going all ASP.NET? And I'm > basically looking for support for the arguments such as RAD, Varity, these > other built in functionalities that are not as simple in ASP.NET > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:37 PM > ....To: CF-Talk > ....Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war..... > .... > ....Technically, that's not the right comparison. > .... > ......NET vs Java makes more sense, as they are both comparable runtime > ....platforms with their own strengths and weaknesses. > .... > ....I think you mean the difference between ASP.NET and ColdFusion. > .... > ....It's not easy to compile a list of everything each platform can do that > ....the other can't, and I have no doubts that whatever you find will be > ....somewhat one-sided in either direction. > .... > ....If you have enough time, you can build anything with either platform, > ....verity in .NET would be a real difficulty, as well as things like the > ....SMS gateway, and a lot of the shortcuts CF gives you (cfhttp, cffile, > ....cfftp, flash forms, cfchart, cfdump, cfreport, cfdocument, flash > ....remoting, omg, where to stop? ). On the other hand, you'd have to work > ....hard and write a fair amount of Java to do a lot of the things you are > ....forced to do in .NET, most of them relating to speed and not having to > ....go out of cf's box (more powerful io, image processing, integration with > ....windows, collections, buffered strings, .net remoting). > .... > ....Most of the same arguments can be made for cf vs j2ee, as Java is every > ....bit as capable as .NET. Through the magic of createObject("java"), you > ....can do everything asp.net can do using java. > .... > ....Once you start writing asp.net or jsp & servlets, it opens your mind to > ....more things you can do with the platform, like integrating java into CF, > ....finding easier solutions through external objects to some problems you > ....may have while using CF, and building desktop apps & utilities for site > ....management or whatever. > .... > .... > ....-nathan strutz > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211815 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
