>Well then, if you're not using new functionality, why move to anything else >at all? Why not stick with CF 4.5.1 SP2?
That's pretty much what I've done...4.5 is the first and only version of CF I've ever owned and it's done everything I've needed, and more than most clients could even fathom it could be used for. However, I do know that "things, they are a changin' " and I don't want to get too far behind technologically. Besides, I do get bored and like to get into new stuff. :o) Visual Web Developer seems to be a nice tool (I say that only after using a trial version) if someone is using ASP.NET...it integrates nicely. I may change that tune after using it more, however. I tried (the 4th time) to use Dreamweaver, but it was lacking as a visual design tool. I didn't like the price...too high for what I got out of it, and didn't like working with CF components, anyway. But if I migrate to coding ASP.NET, I'll need to start with components, then move on into more hand coding as I did when starting with CF. I let the components do the work at first, then study what they've done, then write it myself so I can get finer control and more functionality from the code. CF has been good to me and I'll keep using it, at least for awhile. But in the meantime, I'll be giving ASP.NET, Visual Web Developer, and probably SQL Server Express and thorough shakedown. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ASP.Net book for CF programmer > I hear what you're saying about the programming > part...however, most of the sites I build are fairly > simple...add, update, delete, report. > > Once I've grasped how to code that in ASP.NET, I can do 90% > of the work I do. And according to the ASP.NET Programming > for Cold Fusion Programmers, I can do all of that with Visual > Web Designer or Visual Studio without *any* programming. > Although, I prefer to not use components, but rather write my > own code, I got started in CF by using components, then when > the demands of the code went beyond what I could do in > components, I learned to write everything myself. Well then, if you're not using new functionality, why move to anything else at all? Why not stick with CF 4.5.1 SP2? > And...it seems, based on the description of ASP.Net 2.0, that > it achieves interaction with data that's more like FLEX...but > now I'm speaking way out of my comfort zone. I just saw a > model of database interaction based on objects and methods > and not form submission and page refreshing or "action > pages"...seemed interesting. Not quite. The interaction is still page-based, although the Visual Studio IDE provides the illusion that it isn't. Flex applications on the other hand, truly are event-driven and work like desktop applications. > I haven't abandoned CF by any means, but with no upgrade > price break, and all the free software, etc, from MS, Adobe's > making it tough to stick with them... There's no such thing as a free lunch. Using ASP.NET locks you into the Windows world. This severely limits your deployment options. If that's not a problem for you, ASP.NET may be quite appealing, but you may end up paying a price down the road as a result. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239343 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
