We have two development teams at the moment - one using .Net, and the other using CFMX. We've had discussions in house and have come to the agreement that we could theoritically swap languages for the two projects, and the end results would be roughly the same (with regards to performance, completion time, etc.). Developers will try to stick with what they know. But I can tell you from personal experience that good knowledge of VB code (pre .Net) doesn't mean much when you introduce the .Net platform. The learning curve is abreviated, but it's basically a new language (VB.Net, ASP.Net, etc.). So, your developers will face a learning curve regardless of what platform is chosen (unless of course they are VB.Net developers as opposed to VB 6 developers). The learning curve for .Net is much steeper than CF.
On the other hand, our .Net team feel that you may have a few more options open to you with .Net because you can leverage the desktop type of code on the server. Personally, I've yet to see what .Net, PHP, JSP, etc. can do that CF can't. In my eyes, the language/platform you choose is more of a political decision for managment, or the client. My thoughts, not yours... Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CF or .DotNet what do you think? A while back I had posed a question about CF vs .DotNet. Well the discussion here is picking up again and want to go to the mat for CF. I know, like it, and have built several apps and sites. I have 4 VB developers on staff with limited ASP and web development. They of course will probably lean towards .DotNET. One who has more ASP experience had to let me know that a real developer would use ASP and that CF is for non-developers. Another basically said CF can not provide the robustness needed for a full blown App. Well I am asking for this boards feedback on the matter. Your pros and cons would be much appreciated for my presentation. Eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
