I suppose another factor is that I've never dealt with anything other than MS-related products on the operating system and server level. Always been on a Windows PC working with code running on IIS servers.
IIRC, when I first investigated JAVA, one of the issues was my level of inexperience with non-Windows servers/OS. > 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:325404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
