My suggestion would be .Net. If you go the c# route the code is pretty much identical to java. I'm not sure what your local market is like but on most job boards I have been on, the ASP.Net jobs seem to outnumber the java ones. In order to learn ASP.Net try taking one of the CF Apps you've been working on and convert it to ASP.Net.
Duane -----Original Message----- From: Chris Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:19 AM To: cf-talk Subject: .NET or JAVA? Which is a more natural step for a CF Developer With the economy and market as it is, and with current employment's stability starting to wiggle, I'm being forced to investigate other options. I was curious what the group's thoughts were on the two above technologies and which would be easier/more natural to move into. Not intending to abandon CF at all, but this is a time where flexibility will be key and I'd like to be able to spread a wider net should job seeking become a factor again. Through a couple early searches, there are a few opportunities that list CF as a *PLUS*, while the core competency is either .NET or JAVA. I've looked into .NET a bit, but it seems that for someone with no access to anything on a large scale (Sharepoint, etc.), there's only so far you can go learning .NET in your basement. There's also the factor of ".NET" not being ONE language, but a combo of several techs rolled into one. I'm curious if .NET, while a web development language, might just look easier to the inexperienced eye? JAVA is a different beast altogether, but seeing as I've been making use of some JAVA in CF7 and CF8 a little here and there, it seems like it would be somewhat familiar at least in the critical getting started phase. Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
