Thanks for the feedback so far. I understand that I would have to rewrite my application in CF. On the other hand, all of the original design decisions and database structure and program flow and so on would have been made. I wouldn't be rewriting from scratch. I would be reimplementing a working program in another language. That would take less time than if I had started with CF in the beginning.
My own experience in writing CF applications is that it takes me about 1.5 times longer than doing it in Witango. In fact, I tended to use the Witango builders to generate a lot of the html for me, and then converted the relevant tags and SQL. I got pretty good at doing that efficiently. So, Witango was still involved in the development to some extent. :) A lot of a site is the results html with the embedded Witango tags, and this stuff can be reused fairly readily. Obviously, the TAF structure would have to be reimplemented using a series of files. I haven't learned the new version of CF with its new more "object oriented" functionality. I don't know how helpful that new stuff would be. At this point, I'm guessing that it would take somewhere between 50 - 100% of the original development time. Anyone have a different view about this? Stefan At 04:28 PM 12/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
========================================================When I read this I realized that I did not really answer your question, Stefan... I agree with Scott that it would take 2 to 3 times as long to write in CF as in Witango. The point I was making before is that it is almost a complete re-write. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Cadillac > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:17 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Conversion to ColdFusion Estimate > > > Hi Stefan, > > I've used ColdFusion in the past, and had a close look at it > recently again > with MX. > > I would say a safe bet is that a ColdFusion job would take 3 > times longer to > write than writing it in Witango. > > If the Witango code was already written, and depending on how you > developed > and integrated the server-side verses client-side code... at a > bare minimum, > it would still take 2 times as long to convert it to ColdFusion > as it did to > originally write it in Witango. > > Even when you factor in the apparently lower cost of the ColdFusion server > license, your client will still save money going with Witango. > > My analysis is not very scientific, but simply based on experience. > > Hope this helps. Cheers... > > Scott Cadillac > VP, Research and Development > Plus International Corp. > 403-281-6090 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.plusinternational.com > > Does your company have an Enterprise Information Portal? Check > out Salsa at > www.plusinternational.com/flash/salsa.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stefan Gonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:40 PM > Subject: Witango-Talk: Conversion to ColdFusion Estimate > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have an interesting question for you all. I have a potential > client for > > a large project. We have been discussing the merits of using Witango > > versus something less risky. I mean risky in the sense that Witango > > may not survive as a product in the long run. Of course, I hope that > > Witango lives forever. > > > > My client asked me the question of what it would cost to convert > > my large Witango program to ColdFusion in the worst case scenario. > > I have learned some ColdFusion, but I have never tried to convert > > a large Witango program to CF. I was wondering if anyone has > > much experience with that and could give a relative estimate of > > how long that would take. In other words, something like: "in my > > experience it would take approximately 50% of the original > > development time to convert the program to CF." The answer should > > assume that I have become proficient in CF. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Stefan > > ======================================================== > > Database WebWorks: Dynamic web sites through database integration > > http://www.DatabaseWebWorks.com > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
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