ahhh.. now this is a better conclusion to this thread.. You know on a side note and personal note, when I read internally someone berating Coldfusion (simply because at times they don't know) i catch myself evangelising it or correcting them on it. Now, do what you will with that, but I get a bit of a chuckle out of it.
Nice blog posts folks.. and Kay, I am the devil. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Gary Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've tried to resist... But I can't! > > So CF has got all these great features, so what are YOU yes YOU going to > do about it. Just go back to day job and smile that only YOU know how > great Coldfusion is. Humm. Thought about telling someone else besides > your CF mates. > > Considered a light hearted Coldfusion shootout at the next local Barcamp > or equivalent :) > > -- > Gary Barber > Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect > > Web: radharc.com.au > blog: manwithnoblog.com > > > > barry.b wrote: > >> I don't agree that it hasn't changed much, it has changed > >> a great deal. > >> > > > > and > > easy integration to Java code and .NET DLL's and MSExchange > > cfdocument > > cfreport > > cfpresentation > > cfmxml > > remoting > > webservices > > > > everyone knows this sure, but sometimes it gets forgotten that it's > > coming from/via just one vendor, not a bunch of ad-hoc libraries with > > "iffy" dependancies to worry about (or diff versions for that > > matter)**. One licence for the lot. > > > > year before last: I had an ASP.NET/C# <http://asp.net/C#> app I wanted > to migrate from > > using .NET 1.1 to 2.0 but I couldn't - it wasn't cost effective to > > change it and fix the breakages. ColdFusion has the best backwards > > compatability - per version - of a product I've ever used. Including > > Windows. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 14, 12:32 pm, "Kay Smoljak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Dammit, I wasn't going to get involved in this thread past my blog > >> post about it ( > http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/opening-up-the-coldfusion-community/)... > >> but now I have to speak up! > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Joel Cass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Plus I really am starting to like the flexibility and features of > other > >>> languages, eg. OO features of .net and java, > >>> > >> CF has OO. CF is more OO than Java according to Sean Corfield's > >> article in that latest FAQ-U (Vol II, Issue III, pg 7) because it has > >> the onMissingMethod handler like SmallTalk and Ruby. > >> > >> > >>> the plethora of functionality in PHP (thanks to it being open source). > >>> > >> CF has built in PDF, FTP, image handling, ExtJS grids/trees/etc, > >> encryption, etc etc. What does PHP have that CF doesn't (apart from a > >> whole stack of inconsistent and redundant functions)? > >> > >> Don't get me wrong, I like PHP and use it a lot, but CF is truly state > >> of the art. I don't agree that it hasn't changed much, it has changed > >> a great deal. > >> > >> -- > >> Kay Smoljak > >> business:www.cleverstarfish.com > >> coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com > >> personal: goatlady.wordpress.com | heapsbad.com > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
