It looks like it is time to "be my own Ben Forta" and whip out my handy dandy ColdFusion Evangelism Kit:
http://www.webbschofield.com/enclosures/Adobe%20ColdFusion%20Evangelism%20Kit.pdf http://www.webbschofield.com/index.cfm/2009/1/7/Be-Your-Own-Ben-Forta--MAX-Slide-Deck-Posted I can personally attest to ColdFusion being significantly faster in terms of development time than PHP, Old School ASP 3 and my (limited) experience with Java. As one astute observer put it (Quoting from memory): If you want to open a bottle of wine, with most languages you need to build a bottle opener first, with ColdFusion you just open the bottle. CF takes care of a *lot* of the chores of coding and allows you to focus on getting things done (A *lot* less bottle openers to make). HTH G! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:04 AM, BobSharp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great answers. > > Thanks very much ! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Scott" <[email protected]> > To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:58 AM > Subject: RE: ColdFusion - facts > > > > > >> Are there any disadvantages in using Coldfusion for a > >> web-based shopping catalogue ? > > > > That depends on the skill of the programmer using it. This is about like > > asking if there are any disadvantages in using a particular brand of > > hammer > > to sink a nail. How big is the nail? What's it being sunk into? Who's > > using it? ColdFusion can make an excellent platform on which to build an > > e-commerce system, but like any other tool, it can be used poorly as > well. > > You can say that about nearly any programming language though. > > > >> Does CF replace ASP, Javascript/VBscript and flatfiles ? > > > > ColdFusion can be used in place of ASP and other web-specific languages. > > JavaScript and VBScript are primarily client-side technology, so no, > > ColdFusion doesn't replace them (ColdFusion is server-side). "Flatfiles" > > implies data storage. You *can* use flatfiles in conjunction with > > ColdFusion, but it's much more powerful when connected to a relational > > database that supports SQL. > > > >> Is there a dependancy between Coldfusion and MySQL ? > > > > No. ColdFusion can be used with a wide variety of database platforms > > including MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, etc. ColdFusion doesn't > > *require* a database, but it is designed with database interaction in > > mind. > > > > > > -- > > Justin Scott | GravityFree > > Member of the Technical Staff > > > > 1960 Stickney Point Road, Suite 210 > > Sarasota | FL | 34231 | 800.207.4431 > > 941.927.7674 x115 | f 941.923.5429 > > www.GravityFree.com > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321173 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
