Barry,
Given your current development environment, I'd strongly suggest
ColdFusion (or BlueDragon). Here are my reasons:
- ColdFusion (and BD *I think*) is written entirely in Java. ColdFusion
give you the ability to seamlessly access Java objects. In this way you
could leverage any custom beans you've already written. I should make it
known here, that I am *not* a Java programmer. But I have played with
accessing a few Java objects from ColdFusion.
- ColdFusion is extremely powerful and dead simple to learn. My company
gave me one week to learn to program in ColdFusion. I was productive
inside three days. That was over two years ago, and we're still going
strong with CF.
- ColdFusion (like all the other languages mentioned), has a strong and
loyal group of developers that are dedicated to CF.
- CF isn't free. Okay, It's not free, and I for one would love to see it
be free. I've seen arguments for and against making it free. However,
BlueDragon (from NewAtlanta - http://www.newatlanta.com) is competitive
in price. BlueDragon also has some nice additions to the the language
that ColdFusion just doesn't have. BD also has a very strong and loyal
following.
One argument that seems to have been posed against CF is that it's hard
to find hosting for CF. While it's not as prevalent as PHP or any of the
other free languages. It does exist. Also, I didn't get the feeling like
that mattered to you. I got the feeling that your company would purchase
a server, install whatever language you finally decide on, and then host
it yourself.
I think all the languages mentioned in this thread are fine languages.
But given your companies current use of Java, I think ColdFusion (or
BlueDragon) would blend nicely with your current use of the Java language.
I hope this helps. I know there are a few CF developers on this list
besides me. Hopefully, the others will chime in as well. If you want
some other opinions on ColdFusion, ask around in a CFUG. The Dallas/Ft.
Worth CFUG just had a debate on this very subject (CF vs. .Net) and so I
know there are lots of opinions (for and against) from that group.
Cheers,
Chris
Web Specialist wrote:
Sam
I'll disagree. CF is a powerful and free option for localhost
development acessed by localhost and more 2 machines. Only hosting is
paid(GoDaddy.com haves a plan by US$7,95).
Running under Java make CF yet more powerful and easy to learn.
Cheers.
2006/11/22, Sam Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
On 22/11/06, Web Specialist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> I'm with Rey Bango team: ColdFusion is a great alternative.
The syntax certainly is easy to understand if you are comfortable
with
html. Finding hosts that support it may be more difficult, plus you
can't run it for free (in a non-trial way) on your machine like you
can with most other solutions.
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