Joel, We had a large internal project in house that we decided years ago to put out to a 3rd party (partly because I didn't have the time, and partly because I didn't feel I had all the required skills to successfully complete it (mostly a rewrite of a large db was standing in the way))... Anyways long story short, they were writing it in .NET (C# and VB) and after 18 months and NOT successfully hitting a single deadline AND still wanting more money AND estimating another six to nine months for completion... we killed the contract, and I am now writing it in Flex/CF. so I have had to learn Flex, but in about six weeks I have the entire front end done, and am just going through the processes that are required. I probably have another six to eight months of doing that, but it will be a simple system that I will be able to make changes to WITHOUT outside help. Plus I know that if I get really stuck with anything either DB or CF related, I can contact and contract someone from CF-Talk to help me out....
Anyways, that is my personal experience with the development time of .NET vs CF. I think for our organization it was going to allow us a couple of other conveniences as well, but mostly being able to maintain in house was the one.. Rob On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Joel Polsky <polskystud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi.. Not too sure how to go about getting those figures Maureen, but > the plan seems to be to contract out the development to a 3rd party. > (Hence they want to do it in .NET - but I am sending out RFPs to CF > houses that I've come across for comparison.) The problem is that I'm > not at all familiar with .NET [did some front end stuff, in previous > job, but no back end programming] and I'm the one who would need to > keep the site running, make changes, modification and expansions etc - > before going back to the 3rd party for such assistance (=$$$) > > By, keeping it in CF I at least have familiarity with the platform and > can learn more without having to start from scratch in a new > environment and language (I'm guessing it would be c#). Not to mention > getting me trained etc. > > Any advise on figuring those costs is appreciated! > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bottom line: Do your cost estimates for CF8 development, then > > multiple by ten to get the ASP.NET development time, if you have > > experienced ASP.NET developers. If not, then multiple by 25. I'm not > > kidding. This is based on actual projects I've managed over the last > > five years. > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Joel Polsky <jsp2...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> My company is wanting to switch our website over to Asp.net (Gasp, I > know!) > >> > >> Are there any non-biased comparisons of ColdFusion 8 vs Asp.Net? That > would (if possible) explain to the novice (my boss) the differences and > benefits of each. (Of course I prefer CF, ad I'm the developer.) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283726 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
