for single user development purposes CF is free. there are alot of free editors available to develop CF in. a hobbyist can get started with any language. As far as I know they are almost all free and can be used on a free OS. There is no barrier to entry.
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Daye, Marianne wrote: > Pardon me! I hadn't heard of CF Enterprise. Hence the question "Does CF > have an equivalent?". If I ever get to code in CF again I'll have to look > into that. > > I don't know what it is you don't get, but as a part-time telecommuter, I > prefer not to have to rely on a remote server while developing. As for > using the web site on the laptop, the application contains a lengthy survey > that relies on skip-logic; not something we would want to do over in another > format (gets expensive). > > I have no interest in debating whether or not it's 'fair' that ASP is free. > For the young beginner or hobbyist, it's may be the only affordable option > to get started! > > Yeah, I guess you can develop CF in Notepad as well; just never did. > Scratch that point. > > Have a nice day! > > Marianne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:15 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF VS ASP <- let the trolling being > > > 1. PWS? What???? I don't get it. PWS is a web server. Sure ASP is built in, > but you can get a FREE Developer version of CF Enterprise and it can work in > conjunction with PWS. Where's the problem here? > > 2. Again if you install the free version of CF on the laptop I doubt this > would be an issue. Though I question having an entire web application on a > laptop. If anything I would have given them the information they needed in > another form and made life easier to upload data to the rest of the > application. > > Sure you pay for CF, but we already knew this. Not everyone can have 75% of > the world's desktop so they can just offer things for free. I don't see why > you can't program CF in a word processor, matter of fact a lot of my > debugging is on notepad when I am offsite. Sure I love CF Studio, but it is > in no means required. > > I don't understand some of the issues you brought up here. Please explain > better. > > Robert Everland III > Dixon Ticonderoga > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daye, Marianne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:11 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF VS ASP <- let the trolling being > > > I have to agree that CF is easier and faster to use than ASP. However, ASP > does have the advantage of PWS. Does CF have an equivalent? I started out > with ASP, then used CF for two years, and now I'm using ASP again. I'm not > ecstatic about it, but I have found a couple of advantages: > > 1. Thanks to PWS, if I want to work from home, I can just copy the ASP site > to my home computer. With CF I had to work across a cable connection which > slowed things down a bit. Of course, I have to access the database over the > network either way, but the web files can be retrieved and saved faster with > PWS. > > 2. One of our web sites is not only used by people on-line, but also by > field personnel who use laptops, and have to upload and download data. > Thanks to PWS and MSDE, they will be able to use the same ASP pages as the > on-line users, while using DTS to transfer data back and fourth. In a > similar situation with CF, we had to develop a separate Access application > for the field team members. > > Some other more obvious advantages is that ASP is free and can be developed > in a simple word processor, if need be. Microsoft is also a huge name, > whether you like them or not, and it doesn't hurt to know how to user their > technology. > > Marianne Daye > Programmer/Analyst > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thane Sherrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF VS ASP <- let the trolling being > > > At 12:06 PM 4/3/02 -0800, David Schmidt wrote: > >If he's willing to fork the bucks for the training. Grab hold, hang on, > and > >take what you can learn. > > A cold hearted approach (but I think wise) would be to get the training > paid for, and then move to a company that is more reasonable. > > T > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
