Sounds like the decision will as usual be made on "better the devil you know!".  
 
Plus ca meme (or in American, "New can, same worms").
 
I've done a lot of devel in proprietary 4GL too, but it was always >necessary< to
understand and be able, with one's back to the wall, to code in the underlying
3GL or whatever.  Just as 20 years ago we used 3GL compilers but to use them
effectively you had to understand the code they would generate (and I believe
that's still true
for C++ jockeys today).  And for CFMX you have increasingly
to know the Java platforms in depth?
 
An even more basic analogy is transport - planes, trains, cars, bikes are all
appropriate tech for >parts of< getting from A to B, and a complete solution to
any practical journey will include some walking. 
 
Even going to the moon.  Remember "One small step for man, ..."?
That isn't bad IMHO, just something people have to get their mind round.  And
for CF newbies who are otherwise competent we could help by making it clearer.
 
NOT try to tell them that if they use the bestest newest coolest tool then they
will get by without thinking.  Which granted is hard for marketing when most of
the target market has not been trained to think. [Can think but not habitually.]
 
Out of interest Barry, what 4GL is/was he using?
Duncan Fenton
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry L Beattie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 May 2004 02:11
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Giving up CF

I came over to CFMX from ASP (classic). I'm not really fussed on ASP.NET at all. I like the way it's almost seemless to develop webforms as easily as winforms but the postback for changes shit me and the whole thing just seems a bit too complex to mod for custom specs. Fast to develop using standard controls but a PITA for developing your own (JS heavy) custom controls.

the boss here is starting to regret using CF for the redevelopment of his windows apps here because it's at a much lower level to what he's used to (proprietry 4GL). While ASP.NET might be faster in the short term, as soon as something trick comes up, I know that getting my hands dirty with CF code will sort it.

Nah, I'm not changing back to MS stuff...at least not until I have to.

cheers
barry.b

----- Original Message -----
From: Justin MacCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:19:17 +0100
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Giving up CF

> With so much movement in the Java/j2ee and .net platforms, doing stuff
> in CF isn't much easier any more.
>
> I'm sure for a newbie cf still has some charm, but I would guess some
> of that is packaging. A installer that installed tomcat / the taglibs
> and a web GUI + docs similar to CF would probably be as easy for a
> newbie. I think the only thing holding back OSS java in that area is
> there are to many options
>
> Anyone know of a installer as described above?
>
> Justin
>
> On May 26, 2004, at 2:40 PM, Snake Hollywood wrote:
>
> > I have to admit I really want to go down the .NET route and have
> > lately been
> ; > doing stuff in ASP rather than CF because I don't want to install CF
> > on a
> > server just for a few small scripts.
> > The server side f things bugs me now as you do need to know JAVA very
> > well
> > to run a happy CFMX server and there are more useless errors and
> > reasons for
> > CFMX to crash now, especially with it's reaction to Access databases.
> >
> > Regardless of MM's general performance, I think the likes of BlueDragon
> > could really boost CF's userbase, especially with their free version.
> > I am seriously considering adding a bluedragon development server to
> > Cfdeveloper, and they have stated they are interested to give me
> > enterprise
> > version for this purpose.
> > BD looks like it holds a lot of benefits for us over MM CFMX server,
> > especially on a shared hosting front.
& gt; >
> > Russ
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Justin MacCarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: 26 May 2004 14:14
> >> To: cfuk
> >> Subject: [ cf-dev ] Giving up CF
> >>
> >>
> >> Are there many here considering giving up CF development? If
> >> you had no
> >> legacy applications would you use CF still ??
> >>
> >> Justin
> >>
> >>
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