Just another direction to think about is Flex. I've been a CF'er full-time since 1996 (V 3.1), so believe me when I say I LOVE CF!
Recently I've taken another look at Flex (after dismissing it in the early days as ridiculously expensive). It is now VERY inexpensive and I am blown away at how much easier the GUI side of things is (no more cross-browser issues for starters). Combine it with CF webservices in the back and you are ready to go! Oh wait...you can also write AIR apps (although you may need a local DB and no CF webservices)....same code and you can now deploy to the desktop or many smartphones....especially Android enabled. Anyways.....just another place to take a peak....I for one can't believe it took me so long to get into Flex. Cheers On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 10:42 -0500, Irvin Gomez wrote: > Thanks, everyone for all the different perspectives. I know that if I were > looking at coldfusion for the first time these days, with all the OOP and > framework talk dominating the 'airwaves', I'd probably go with PHP or > something else, because there is no real benefit to Coldfusion if the > learning curve is similar for other scripting languages (and this is where > coldfusion could easily die a quick death: potential adopters would not see > the benefits of going with coldfusion over more popular alternatives). But > I'm a Graphic Designer, not a hard-core programmer, so, I will continue > enjoying all the powerful stuff coldfusion offers. It's more than enough for > the intermediate-level stuff i do everyday. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340672 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
