Well, this sure was a fun thread to scan through (ha!) It's funny how adamant people can be about defending their position. Well, here's my two cents, for what it is worth.
I've used both CFBuilder and CFEclipse, and I personally decided not to put the money out for a copy of CFBuilder at this time, because *for what I do* and how I write my code, I didn't feel it added enough value to warrant the cost *at this time*. I've seen some previews of v2 and I almost certainly will buy it when that version comes out (well, maybe after the first update....I usually avoid x.0 releases). I don't mind holding onto my cash and waiting for that release when it comes, versus buying now and then having to pay for an upgrade. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I've passed on a v1 release and waited for the v2 with more bugs worked out and more features included. It's no different than any other software decision I make in terms of cost-value to me....like when I decided years ago that CF Studio was worth the price they charged ($250 I believe - which I thought was highway robbery...and then used that software for years and years!) CFEclipse for now does what I need, they've continued to improve it (the cfscript color coding for instance is definitely better than shown in that comparison PDF...and CFB is hardly perfect in this respect either). A lot of the features that CFB touts (like introspection or the SQL editor) don't tend to work for me the way my projects are set up, or particularly when I'm using Coldspring for everything. And many of the extensions I tried didn't work since they only work with tags (and I code pretty extensively in script). Someone else however might try it and find they can use these features extensively and thus the product would absolutely be worth the price. Just because the price is too much for me and how I code doesn't mean it isn't totally worth it for someone else, or that the next version won't be worth every penny to even more of us. Complaining about the price isn't likely to make Adobe change it, so if you don't like it, vote with your pocket book. But I don't think it's a decision someone else can make for you...you have to take the time to *really* evaluate the product and whether it truly helps with your productivity. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
