I thought CF was dead....

[theEclipse]

As far back as 4 years ago, I saw coldfusion scripting as a dying style. However, it seems by some recent posts in other forums that coldfusion is very much alive and kicking!

I am a Perl/PHP programmer to the core....ever since I decided to go that route instead of coldfusion (~4 years ago...). Is there a benefit that I am not seeing to using coldfusion? Even better: is there a reason for me to learn how to code with it?

Robert Carpenter
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[theEclipse]

Thanks friends.

I must say that I would like to learn CF, but now is not the time. I work for a website design & programming firm and we specialize in cheap solutions. Because of this we almost exclusively use mysql and php/perl to develop websites.

I some of the stuff about CF, and other stuff I dont like (for example I cant stand the tag-based-code. I am a C programmer at heart and I like the C-style of PHP....I like my {}! However my addiction to curly braces is not so rock hard that I would never learn CF...I just dont have the cost benefit at the moment.

Robert Carpenter
Remember....eternity is much longer than this ~80 years we will spend roaming this earth.
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[imstillatwork]

you can always use CFscript for large chunks of your code for a more traditional look to the code

<cfset myVar1 = 1>
<cfset myVar2 = 2>
<cfset myVar3 = 3>
<cfset myVar4 = 4>

<cfif myVar1 GT myVar2>
<cfset this=that>
<cfelse>
<cfset this=somethingelse>
</cfif>

is the same as

<cfscript>
myVar1 = 1;
myVar2 = 2;
myVar3 = 3;
myVar4 = 4;

if(myVar1 GT myVar2){
this=that;
}else{
this=somethingelse;
}
</cfscript>

Kevin

http://www.lot-o-nothin.com/cfml/

 

[TamedTech]

Hmm ... I think if you're working on small low cost solutions then CF is perfectly plausable, mean the development time of a CF site is much smaller than that of a PHP based one, in my experience anyway.

I'm sure you've created some form of CMS in PHP that you use to bolt together unique sites quickly, once you've got the same thing working in CF its clean sailing.

When I first started developing in CF people told me that I would look back and kick myself for ever learning PHP ... *kicks himself REAL hard* lol

Tag based codes are good by me, just seem very logical.

Rob

 

[imstillatwork]

combine fast development with reseller (up to 30% discounts) hosting like crystaltech and others offer, and it becomes a very affordable solution.

Kevin

http://www.lot-o-nothin.com/cfml/

 

[ecobb]

Or, go with BlueDragon, it's a free ColdFusion Server.

http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm

The whole argument of "ASP & PHP are free and ColdFusion isn't" died years ago (not that it was ever really true to begin with).


Hope This Helps!

ECAR
ECAR Technologies

http://www.ecartech.com

"My work is a game, a very serious game." - M.C. Escher

 

[imstillatwork]

yeah, New Atlanta has come a long way with the new version.

Kevin

http://www.lot-o-nothin.com/cfml/