thanks eric - this helps. while i now clearly see the CF light...there's gotta be a darkside lurking somewhere. yeah? maybe just a little bitty one?
scenario: i'm a designer trying to steer our team in a good direction but i stop at HTML. to me, the applications i've seen done in PHP aren't as elegant (?) as similar ones in CFM. (PHP has that e-commerce aftertaste) so i can feel realatively OK making a recommendation based on an internet forum exchange :) ---> if CF is so perfect, why aren't more people using it? i understand why coders must love it, but are users as happy? it is buggy? slow? thanks so much best, amanda On 3/27/06, Eric Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:4:236293 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
