And I am sure that if you get to the real nuts and bolts of it, Java is more popular on the Enterprise level than .Net is.
Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > A couple of things come to mind. First is the primary reason I use CF: > Speed of development. CF can be seen as a framework for Java much like > jQuery is a framework for JavaScript. It takes care of the bulk of the > heavy lifting and grunt work so you can focus on writing productive code. > > ,NET is a lower level language when compared to CF meaning that you have to > take care of a lot of low level chores in order to do something, If you > wanted to open a bottle of wine with another language you would first have > to build the bottle opener, or even smelt the steel, in order to open the > bottle. With CF you call <CFBottleOpener /> and you are done. > > Justin James <http://www.techrepublic.com/search?a=justin+james> at > techrepublic.com once remarked that only 25% of the time he spent writing > Java was writing productive code, the other 75% was taking care of low > level pluming so he can write said productive code. There is a phrase down > south that goes "I am fixing to get ready to... " That is what it is like > with lower level languages like Java and .NET you (often) spend a bulk of > your time preparing to actually do something. > > Lastly, you have the entire Java Class Library at your disposal. Say you > need to do something that CF was not designed to do or does not do > particularly well you can drop down into Java or use a third party class > library to perform said task. > > In short it reduces complexity, and the amount of code that one needs to > write for the same end result. Less code = faster time to market, less > chance for bugs and lowers the cost of development. > > Sorry if I am rambling... It is late in the day. > HTH. > G! > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org > >wrote: > > > > > > For those of u on this list that have experience with both, can I > > > > > > -- > Gerald Guido > http://www.myinternetisbroken.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
