I would say mostly the coding time. CF is close to what I would call a rapid application development tool for the web. I also find it to be close to an OOP approach to programming than PHP. The code itself is less intensive (though just as powerful) that PHP. It cost more, but so does any quality tool. I am not an expert in PHP, but if it is anything like ASP, you would have to spend (either in actual dollars or in programming time) the same amount that CF costs to get it to the same functional level as CF is out of the box. The extensibility of CF is amazing. Ben Forta, who is the CF Product Evangelist and General God of CF, put it best, CF is as extensible as your programmers. If you can write it in a language that produces a dll, you can make it into a CF custom tag.
You also have the advantage for your app, of real tight integration with flash and other macromedia and soon...adobe technologies. The language itself, since it is tag based is real easy to learn. It's outward similarity to HTML gives it a familiar feel that makes learning a snap. Or those that can afford it, Fast Track to CF, which is a 3 day course, will take someone with no knowledge of CF and in 3 days give them the ability to write complex web apps with it. I consider that a big huge mark on the pro side hehehe. I am a bit biased though ;-) Eric -----Original Message----- From: amanda bradshaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 21:14 To: CF-Talk Subject: cfm vs. php? will admit upfront: i haven't a clue about CF. which is why i'm here. i'm trying to design an application where: user fills out some forms (submits) then their input is gathered + spit back out in a flash movie i've seen this accomplished in both .php and .cfm but don't know what the difference is between the two or the PROS/CONS of each. can someone help me figure it out?? many many thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236291 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
