What I find most helpful when buying consumer electronics has always been to dig up a copy Consumer Reports. They always have a table that lists the competing products with a side by side comparison feature sets or even when the feature I need even exists or not.
Similarly when choosing with CF tool to use (ie CFAJAX, AJAXCFC, JSMX etc...)., I often use the same approach- but doing the side by side list on my own. After that, my first criteria in the decision process has always been to jump into the HoF archives, and know who is using what (ie what most CF gods use, and you know who you are ;-)) and what the general consensus and bias are from the CF Community at large. Consensus does weigh-in quite a bit. I expect no "best" at something, but rather what has already been proven in a given real world scenario. Once I have narrowed into the tool that ranks high on my list, only then does FAQs, implementation How-to's, and Cookbooks become a big part of the decision process. It would definitely be helpful if there is a place for that side-by-side list. My 2 cents. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Mingo Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:25 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: FAQ? > > Your site addresses the 'how do i do this or that' question. What I want > is a place where I can go to answer the 'what tools are there for my > problem'. > In order to find out what the _right_ tools are for a certain job, you > need to at least know _which_ tools there are and to help you find out > if they fit your job it helps to read about what other coldfusion > programmers' experience has been with them. > Is that a possible extension to the cfcookbook project, a library of > cf-related tools with user experiences? > > Mingo. > ps. I'm promoting your site to my (not too many) coworkers. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
