I also prefer to use VMWare Workstation for different platform an CF
versions, but I think if you know new features that you did not have
on CF 4.5, you may use CF7 for your dev. environment. But even in
this case I also recommend to test on a CF 4.5 box before deploying.
When I have a customer oriented platform I always prefer to have
same development installation which my customer have. But for a
product oriented projects, I test also all kind of
possible alternatives such as BlueDragon or Linux support etc.
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Aaron Rouse wrote:
> While I agree with this, I get the impression he just does CF 4.5 for all
> clients and therefore that is mainly all he knows. With that being the case
> then chances are he will never get bit. He could however probably run CF
> 4.5 and CF7 on the same machine and no VMWare just use the built in web
> server for CF7
>
> On 10/26/06, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Rick,
>>
>> Having been in this situation for a few clients, my strong advice is
>> DEVELOP ON THE SAME PLATFORM AS DEPLOYMENT. You're going to screw up,
>> simple as that. For example, <CFDUMP> isn't in CF4.5. You can't use
>> UDFs. So many different ways to screw up. Trust me, I know :)
>>
>> One option is to create a VMWare instance and run IIS4/CF4.5 or
>> whatever the deployment platform is in the free VMPlayer. [Aside: I
>> found VMWare Workstation some of the best $200 I ever spent on
>> software]
>>
>> Another option is to use one web server (eg IIS) for CF4.5 and another
>> (eg Apache2) for CFMX. Or use the embedded server for CFMX and use the
>> desktop webserver for CF4.5.
>>
>> Lots of possible solutions, but you *really* want to keep on the same
>> platform or you'll cause yourself all kinds of problems.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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