Everyone has already responded to you with all the things I would have added. But it's the simple things that make CF "cool" in my opinion.
Working with PHP, or .Net or Java, simple things like File Uploads and CFQuery are what make CF cool. One thing I would add is CFMail. I've been through hell dabbling with PHP, hitting brick walls trying to send a simple email (the details of which are for a different post on a different mailing list). After that, and seeing how complicated it can be in ASP and .Net. CFMail is simple yet powerful, with just one attribute you can easily send an HTML or plain text email. No extra configuration or decoding necessary. Coldfusion handles all of that for you. Ali >Hey, I'm writing a short article about the cool things that cf comes with >that most others dont. I've got so far: > >qoq >groupd output (Hey, I think its cool) >charting >cfdocument > >I'm thinking of adding a section on custom tags but not cfc's because you >can write classes easily in most other languages. Flash forms seem mostly >annoying and I dont like cfform all that much. > >So, stuff that is very useful but only comes with cf. Any others you can >think of? I'm sure there is much that I have'nt thought of. > >Thanks for the moment. > >-- >DRE >www.webmachineinc.com >www.theanticool.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
