But to add, I can understand personal preference as it's human nature to like something as an individual, what I don't yet see is where the "it depends" approach comes in to play. We have had skillset, project and budget as listings. So if we had say a theoretical team of 7 developers all skilled in ColdFusion, CFCs and proficient OO developers wanting to build a scalable enterprise level applications what would I choose?
Surely this now gives us a focus to narrow it down? If a set of rules / problems had a dependency then it would be easily to find a better solution Maybe I am over thinking it, and no doubt I am, but the "it depends" for me is still unanswered... Or maybe we need a framework to choose a framework? :-) "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer To: CF-Talk Sent: Wed May 02 23:21:28 2007 Subject: Re: Which Framework do you use... (if any) On 5/2/07, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, I get confused on why it would "depend". If this was the case then > it would be easy to choose a framework. > > Is it that if you want OO dev you choose Mach-II etc. Disregard skillset > for this, imagine it was an open playing field and we all knew the same > stuff and we all wanted to build the same app. > > What makes one framework more suitable for a particular project over another > (other then personal preference) Why are you so laser focused on believing that one has to "just be better" than any other? Why *can't* it be personal preference? It's not an "open playing field" and we don't all know the same stuff. I just recently got into fusebox and chose it because i didn't have any prior experience with frameworks and figured it would likely be the easiest for me to learn. Next I'm leaning towards Coldbox because I've heard that it's got ridiculous amounts of documentation available which again... would make it easier for me to learn. But I don't for a second believe that one is "just better" than any other. If that were the case, the others wouldn't exist. Yes, a Lexus is "better" than a Yugo. But a Lexus also costs more than a Yugo. Comparing cars to frameworks in this context doesn't really work. I really think the reason you're having a problem getting the answer that you're looking for is because you're discounting the only right answer which is... "it depends" / "personal preference" :) -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
