Hi I-Lin, you wrote, > wddx does the job best when all middleware involved is > CF. It's hard (I think) to make it work when the other > middleware platform is not CF, as there are probably > no non-CF built-in wddx serialization/deserialization > tools for other middleware platforms.
...this is sort of what I also thought but according to openwddx.org's FAQ page, ( http://www.openwddx.org/faq/ ), wddx can handle different web application environments including "JavaScript, ColdFusion, Perl, ASP/COM and Java". Saul ----- Original Message ----- From: "I-Lin Kuo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [cf-xml] general question > wddx does the job best when all middleware involved is > CF. It's hard (I think) to make it work when the other > middleware platform is not CF, as there are probably > no non-CF built-in wddx serialization/deserialization > tools for other middleware platforms. > > I'd use XML if there's any non-CF involved. But you > could also choose to use your CF app to produce a wddx > wrapper service for your other applications so you > don't have to learn XML. > --- Saul Rothbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > > ...at the moment I'm trying to get a bearing as to > > where to apply time in > > learning either technology. > > > > The general scope is in allowing various databases > > to easily connect and > > exchange listing information on vehicles. > > > > My very limited knowledge on the matter is that both > > xml and wddx could do > > the job but wddx, being an J. Allaire platform > > probably has an easier > > learning curve. > > > > Are there any guiding principles that can be > > associated with either platform > > as to their best implementation? > > > > Saul > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Askew, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:39 AM > > Subject: RE: [cf-xml] general question > > > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > > > > wddx has some pretty specific problems that it can > > help solve... it all > > > depends on what you are trying to do. > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Saul Rothbart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:40 AM > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [cf-xml] general question > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > >I'd like to ask if anyone would care to share > > some insight on > > > >the pros and > > > >cons of cf-xml and wddx. > > > > > > > >On the surface, it seems like wddx has a number > > of advantages > > > >with respect > > > >to faster learning curve, rapid deployment and > > cross platform > > > >integration. > > > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Saul Rothbart > > > > > > > > > > > >-----------------------+ > > > >cf-xml mailing list > > > >http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm > > > > > > > > > > -----------------------+ > > > cf-xml mailing list > > > http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm > > > > > > -----------------------+ > > cf-xml mailing list > > http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm > > > ===== > I-Lin Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI > Macromedia Certified ColdFusion 5.0 Advanced Developer > Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer > Ann Arbor Java User Users Group (www.aajug.org) > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -----------------------+ > cf-xml mailing list > http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm
