You get 2 of those 3 in RoR On 8/30/06, Blair McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides the support issues, there is also a level of polish in CF that other > languages don't have. Some points are: > > CF components are an access="remote" away from being web services > query-of-queries > custom tags - they may seem like a trivial feature but can make code > incredibly intuitive > Blair > > > On 8/30/06, Bjorn Schultheiss < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Personally I havent got down with the RoR yet, so I'm not familiar with > the > > ruby language. > > > > In terms of a Flex/CF setup there are a lot of benefits. > > Basically you got the weight of Adobe pushing this combination to enable > > quick deployment of apps. > > That includes documentation, examples, engineer feedback, new updates. > > That being said you must pay. > > > > I think I'll have to build a Flex/RoR app first before making an > assessment. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Bjorn Schultheiss > > Senior Flash Developer > > QDC Technologies > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of Barry Beattie > > Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 10:10 AM > > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [cfaussie] Why buy into CF? > > > > > > please forgive me if this comes across as trolling but I'm running out of > > ammo here in trying to keep the CF flag flying > > > > here's the question: Why Buy into CF? > > > > because of rapid development? > > - NOPE!: not compared against RubyOnRails, it seems. It's true against > > Java/JSP development or ASP.NET/C# but CF seems to be no longer the > fastest > > pocket-rocket. > > > > because of built-in flash remoting, making it the most cost-effective way > of > > supporting AMF3 for Flex2? > > - NOPE!: "How much does WebORB for Rails cost?.. WebORB for Rails is an > > open source project. It is available free of charge under the GNU General > > Public License" > > > http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/rubyonrails/faq.htm#howmuch > > (FYI: WebOrb is a company picking up where PHPAMF left off...) > > > > it has features like CFDOCUMENT? Verity? > > - NOPE!: some ppl (G'day Gareth!) found limitations with CFDocument real > > fast and switched to using the latest iText libraries natively. > > Ditto with Verity, replaced with Lucerne. > > > > CFREPORT? > > ... dunno, could never fly that as a solution. too limiting, no interest. > > FlashForms? > > ... no call for them really, especially now that Flex2 is out Gateways? > > ... could never float this as something meaningful. Either the systems > were > > standard, not enterprise - or - the enterprise boxes were stuck on CF6.1 > and > > it's not enough reason to upgrade. > > > > it's got a large, active, supportive community? > > ... I'd say yes compared to Java and .NET... but not against the > > evangellical RonR world, who seems to gain the strength of 10 because > their > > platform is opensource. ... and everything they touch seems to turn to > > opensource.... > > > > So, keeping in mind CF8 in development... > > > > ... what could possibly entice ppl to buy into CF, either from scratch > > - or - upgrading from CF6.1? > > > > this is a serious ask of, not why CF people are where they are now, but > how > > they can justify traveling down the CF road in the future. > > > > (maybe I'm gowing weary of the luddites here that won't upgrade the > > dwindling number of servers to CF7, the undermining pro-RubyOnRails camp > > here ... and that opensource WebOrb AMF3 news.. that's the last [EMAIL > > PROTECTED]@ > > straw...) > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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