> 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 can give a couple of reasons. As many here have already mentioned, CF is incredibly easy to work with. For simple applications that might not merit a complex framework like Struts, it's ideal - you can do everything you need to, directly from CF, and because it's such a high-level language, the code can still be manageable if done well. Also, in a Model-View-Controller situation, CF is a good replacement for JSP, I think - I've used both, and I find CF to be much easier to work with than JSP (if for no other reason than the level of information in error messages!). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=8 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=8 Get the JRun Web Application Construction Kit - the only book written specifically for JRun developers. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789726009/houseoffusion
