INMHO I would study under the guy and learn as much asp as possible. The fact that you actually have someone to assist you is a real benefit. (i had to sus it out my self). I would use it as a learning exercise. If after a while you are really competent in asp then you could move the whole site to CF. You've lost nothing but gained something. Also I would say that although the learning curve is greater with asp I think knowing CF will help considerably!
Kola Oyedeji Web developer Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer ekeda ltd http://www.ekeda.co.uk (+44)020-8429-7300 > -----Original Message----- > From: Brunt, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 February 2002 17:38 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Looking for strategy advice ... > > > Michael, obviously I don't know the magnitude of the site nor > the amount of > ASP but here are my thoughts. From my standpoint, learning > ASP would be the > least desirable route although it is true that this would add > to your skill > set there are considerable differences from ASP to CF and > although you may > have an expansive brain I think it is a tall order. > > What I would do is spend that time looking at two things, what are the > actions, results and needs of the ASP area of the application > and what is > the back-end to this area (Database - COM etc.). I would then very > seriously consider rebuilding this in CF. From the point of > view of your > client, this is the best route to take having a hybrid app is > not good. I > am currently heading a project where we are re engineering a > large Smalltalk > - DB2 - Mainframe App to ColdFusion-Fusebox and with the information I > mentioned (needed functionality and back-end actions) we are > succeeding. > > Hope this helps and good luck to you in your decision. > > Mike Brunt > Sempra Energy > 213.244.5226 > > "All computers wait at the same speed." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:23 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Looking for strategy advice ... > > > I'm a CF guy, and one of those who doesn't know a whole lot about > programming. For example I don't know VB, and don't know > diddley about > asp. My business is a really small > development/contracting business. > > > I have a client who has a mixture of asp and coldfusion in > the site (it's > historical don't ask!) and they're feeling a bit > vulnerable on the asp > side. There is to be a meeting next week to plan for contingency in > case the guy who looks after the asp side of the site > disappears, gets > sick, gets a full time job somewhere else, or whatever. (He's a > contractor too and working a day a week keeping the site > ticking along but > not a lot of development going on) > > > I need to work out what I'm going to do about this, and I have several > choices. I'd like your opinions about what I should do .... > > > A. I can do nothing, keep on working on my ColdFusion part > of the site > and gradually increasing the CF share of the site as I have > for the last > couple of years. Risk: they might get someone who will > put up a good > case for standardising on one technology and doing away with > the CF. At > best, that would give me a fight on my hands which I might > win, might not, > but I'd rather not have that fight. Everything's going along > nicely right > now. At worst, I could lose that fight and be out of a major client. > > > B. I can learn asp and take on the responsibility for > understudying the > asp guy. This is no small task for me. I will have a lot to learn. > But then if I have asp skills in my bag of tricks, it will increase my > value on the contracting market. And it would cement my place as the > "web guy" at the client. > > > C I can take on the responsibility for understudying the > asp guy, and > hope I never have to actually cover for him. And if I do, I'll get a > subcontractor at the time at the prevailing rate. > > > Are there any other possibilities you can think of? > > > Which alternative would you go for? > > > Cheers, > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP WebWorks > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
