CF, Java, C#.... won't much matter down the road anyway. Applications will become less dependent on any given server technology, widgets served from various sources connecting to data services all over the place on a mish mash of platforms. Mashups are the future, as is browser based development. The new debates will be about whose "mashup/widget platform" is better. This will continue to proliferate in the "main stream" (meaning non-enterprise) as it is now and then move itself deeply into the enterprise. Your javascript skills are the most important ones you can hone right now.
On 1/30/07, The Manhatten Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > LOL, I wasnt bashing your bashing ;-), as everyone is entitled to an > opinion and a preference when it comes to coding. I do agree that a > few years ago CF was old and clunky but now with CF in all reality > just Java it has so many more possiblilties in the OO arena, MVC is > everywhere now within CF, CF is stronger than ever now and with CF8 on > the horizon things are looking good! > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 30, 10:28 am, Christophe Porteneuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey there (what's your name, btw?), > > > > The Manhatten Project a écrit : > > > > > "Coldfusion (for crying out loud!) "I admit to gratuituous slight > bashing due to possibly obsolete > > encounters with the technology, quite a few years back. > > > > I used ColdFusion back when Allaire still existed... At the time, I > > didn't like it at all, for a number of reasons: way too closed a dev > > universe, way too little horsepower, clumsy syntax, difficulty for > > MVC-like practices, and the like. > > > > Then Macromedia (yeah, noticed your e-mail address) bought Allaire, > > turned HomeSite into something a bit bulky, and started working on > > ColdFusion at some point. I hear all kinds of things now, so for all I > > know, it's better. It's certainly still out there, which amazes me a > > bit. (But then, diversity is good for competition and innovation, isn't > > it?) > > > > I just, on principle, wouldn't buy into a non-OSS server-side tech. So > > I go RoR now, and use PHP or J2EE-related FLOSS stacks when I must. > > > > But again, and for the record: I'm absolutely no CF expert, and my rare > > experiences with it are way old. > > > > It seems much like the outsider in the server-side world though, so "for > > crying out loud!" also referred to its, er... exotic label now? :-) > > > > -- > > Christophe Porteneuve aka TDD > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- Ryan Gahl Application Development Consultant Athena Group, Inc. Inquire: 1-920-955-1457 Blog: http://www.someElement.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
