Thanks, man! The more I work with Java, the more appreciation I have for the simplicity of ColdFusion.
It's like wanting to bake a cake - ColdFusion is a box of Duncan Hines cake mix. Java is a grocery store full of all kinds of ingredients, many of which have nothing to do with cakes. :) I'm actually working on a piece that returns data (XML or JSON) to be consumed by a Yahoo UI widget sitting in a browser. A demo took me all of 5 minutes in CF. So far in Java, I've experimented with Toplink and Hibernate as persistence layers, wrote a SOAP web service (far too heavy for my needs), and am now working on a JSP to return the XML and going to try IBM's Project Zero framework with either Groovy or Ruby to handle the JSON output. It's all part of a bigger strategy to go towards more of a SOA approach to expand our developer pool and increase reusability of our codebase. Chris On Apr 9, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Chris Champion wrote: > I ran your question by my department's Java guru, and he gave a > strong thumbs-up to the Houston Java Users Group (http:// > www.hjug.org). They will have a meeting later this month with Neal > Ford that should be well worth attending. > Also, for the Microsoft realm, consider DotNetNuke (Houston chapter: > http://dotnetnuke.meetup.com/34/ > ) > > Hopefully Sammy or someone else can suggest some good RoR resources. > -CPC > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Christopher Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Can anyone recommend some good groups with as many cool people as this > who focus on Java/J2EE, RoR, AJAX, and other technologies? > > I'm trying to branch out and there's only so much reading blogs and > vendor documentation can do. :) > > Thanks! > Chris Watkins > Lead Developer > Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas > > > -- > ------------------------ > Houston ColdFusion Users Group > www.houcfug.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Chris Watkins Lead Developer Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
