I come across this stance occasionally and I am always careful to point out to management in my company that by using ColdFusion we are using Java. I have CF Enterprise running in J2EE configuration and I am in the process of installing it on servers that will also host other Java-based non-CF apps.
Essentially, my stance is that CFMX is just another Java application in our infrastructure, one that has the specific purpose of making it faster and easier for us to develop custom applications. In this respect I distinguish it from PHP and ASP (both of which we have running one or two small legacy things internally) because CFMX fits in our Java infrastructure and the others do not. If I have two servers setup with J2EE, I can install all of my apps on those servers, including CFMX, and load-balance the individual apps as needed. If I need more capacity, I just scale horizontally by adding additional servers, and any or all of the apps can be added to the new server. In terms of the industry, I go back to something I posted about several years ago on the forums when the migration of CF to Java was first announced. Basically the industry has boiled down to the Java world and the Microsoft world. I haven't seen any really recent market data, but I get the sense that PHP is still a third wheel with a broad base but relatively shallow depth of use overall. Maybe I'm wrong there are the world has become a three-way battle- Microsoft, Java, and open-source, I would be interested to know if anyone has seen up to date research on that topic. >From an individual career standpoint, we all need to learn more to stay competitive. >Java is a good additional skillset for CF developers to have. >I agree completely, but there's no telling this to the Java snobs who insist >that we must use Java exclusively, because they do and CF is just for >beginners. > >All of this leads to Gartner recommending that we all migrate from CF to >Java or ASP (because "CF is a niche product") and the managers of the >businesses that hire contractors read Gartner's research. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 10:36 >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: CF developer numbers > >On Oct 19, 2004, at 6:47 PM, James Holmes wrote: > >[snip] > >If CF is relegated to a niche product, then the IT & web development >professionals are doing themselves a tremendous disservice. > >The fact that that CF is easy to learn for a lay person (or incidental >developer) does not detract from its power, or applicability to more >sophisticated applications. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182062 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
