Hey Celeste- The main reason in my opinion is simply development time. It takes such a ridiculous fraction of time to develop applications using CF vs. Java that I personally can't see why anyone would do it another way. When CF wasn't in J2EE, it could have been argued that CF wasn't low level enough to give a programmer full control, but the MX version eliminates that by 1) allowing for full J2EE integration and 2) creating a new construct called ColdFusion Components (CFCs) to allow for method/function sharing. ColdFusion handles database connection pooling, has a built-in index (Verity), has tag-based graphing capabilities (bar diagrams, etc.), easy Web services support, etc. etc. etc. With an application framework and more, CFML goes way beyond what can be done using JSP custom tags (did I mention you can use any JSP custom tag in your CF files...)
Working with Flash is easier, too. I just developed a real-time cattle auction using Flash Remoting and the Flash Communication Server. I spent about 4 hours writing a JavaBean to be called on remotely by Flash, still not being able to get it to work properly, I decided to try CF and built it in literally 5 minutes. There's more, but this is the gist. -Drew -----Original Message----- From: Haseltine, Celeste [mailto:CHaseltine@;magticket.com Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:31 AM To: JRun-Talk Subject: RE: CFMX/J2EE Drew, I'm not a CF developer, nor am I very familiar with CF, other than knowing that it is a proprietary tag language based on Java/JSP/Servlets. I'm a J2EE/C++ developer and software architect. But I am curious as to the business reasons why I would want to develop an application using both CF and J2EE, inclusive of EJB's. Why not do the whole thing in J2EE using many of the "free" tag libraries that are available? I've seen more of this type of approach being covered in discussion threads out on the web, but they are technical discussions only. Is there a business reason (i.e. cost savings in development time/manpower/salary, savings in maintenance over life of product, etc) for taking such an approach that you have seen/experienced? As an architect, I have to take both the business and the technical reasons into consideration when designing a new project and coming up with the Project Schedule/budget/manpower forcasts. Thanks in advance for any comments/past experiences that you can share. Celeste Haseltine, PE MTL, Inc Dallas, TX -----Original Message----- From: Drew Falkman [mailto:drew@;drewfalkman.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:02 PM To: JRun-Talk Subject: CFMX/J2EE Hey all- I just wanted to let you all know that our new book on CFMX/J2EE integration is out. It is part of Ben Forta's Reality ColdFusion series, so includes 5 different application and goes through the process of creating each - allowing the reader to understand the process behind the application and why we used J2EE where we did. Plus you get 5 fully functional apps: a portal, CRM app, B2B exchange, e-commerce (with EJBs) and an XML content syndication engine. If you are interested go to http://www.forta.com/books/0321129482/ or contact me directly. Hope all is going well with everyone. Thanks, Drew Falkman Veraison, LLC http://www.drewfalkman.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=8 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=8 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
