Thanks all for the followup! I'm sorry, but it was "My Bad" on the subject line. I wasn't trying to suggest that a CF Developer could present him or herself as a Java developer, but rather present the idea of a CF Developer persuading a company to use ColdFusion versus Java for their web apps. (Will be more careful in wording my subject lines in the future.) Josh and Adam responded "spot on" with what I was inquiring about.
My reason for the whole thread stems from recent search of the job marketing in the midwest USA. I've made a good career programming web apps with ColdFusion since version 3 by Allaire. ColdFusion and the community that surrounds it is quite awesome indeed! Thanks again! Dakota Adam and Josh summed it up perfectly On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow ... thanks for the enlightenment Dave. I know CF > > programs aren't "written" in Java, but they can be run on > > J2EE servers, where other previously programmed Java/JSP apps > > may be running. > > That doesn't make you a Java developer. If I were to advertise myself as a > Java developer based solely on my CF experience, that would be fraudulent. > > > Perhaps a better question would have been to ask whether any > > of you CF Pros have persuaded someone looking to build their > > new web app with JSP on a J2EE server ... to instead use > > ColdFusion ... either as a deployable container ala "Railo", > > or Adobe CF8 Enterprise. > > Sure. CF makes a great replacement for JSP and all the templating libraries > out there (Velocity, etc.) But if you're going to use CF as just the > presentation tier (the normal role of JSP) you'd have to know how to write > servlets and beans in Java. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
