Wow that's kind of a loaded question, and potential flame bait. CFB is expensive because it's in line with other products from Adobe. They don't make cheap software, they don't make bad software. They do a good job and they support it really well. CFEclipse was created on free time and borrowed time and, even once in a while, bought time. On the other hand, Adobe pays people to create their software, they don't get it or make it for free.
I would also add that CF Builder is important in the marketplace because it solidifies CF as a fully supported platform, end to end. Many people purchasing software want to buy from one vendor because they know homogeny always works. Not offering CFB means Adobe loses money. CFBuilder is not actually all that expensive considering what you get with it, and compared to a lot of other professional development tools. IntelliJ Idea is $700. Visual Studio's pricing structure needs a full map, but the pro version is around $800. Unfortunately for all of these companies, there are great open source alternatives. Personally, I use CFEclipse, but that's just because I'm waiting for my company to come through with the CFBuilder licenses. Though I would probably keep CFE on hand for those special times. Also, I have Notepad++ (with CF plugin) as a quick pick-up editor for one-off things. nathan strutz [http://www.dopefly.com/] [http://hi.im/nathanstrutz] On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Michael Firth <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thoughts about cf builder. Do you use it? Or do you use cf eclipse or > another alternative? Not sure if I am going to get it so I like to hear > some thoughts on it. > > Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
