[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:52:02 -0700

Anyone know of a good example of RoR 'scaffolding' code I can look at?

From:  "Barry Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To:  cfaussie@googlegroups.com
To:  cfaussie@googlegroups.com
Subject:  [cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?
Date:  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:51:55 +1000
>
> > Barry, I was talking about the frameworks, not Ruby vs CFML - and I
> > think there's been plenty of responses on this thread that include
> > things CF can do that RoR cannot (esp. Java based and all that
> > entails - I take it that QUT aren't a J2EE house).
>
>we will be well on the way by next year, thanx to the introduction of
>Blackboard but we'll be using Java and JSP to hook into the Bb API.
>All but a couple of CF servers will left to fester away, waiting to be
>put out of their misery. Of the remaining ones, I'm hard pressed to
>get enough reasons to upgrade to CF7.
>
>
>But if you're
> > looking for me or anyone else to come up with a RoR is a dud and CF
> > is god's own because of X, it's not going to happen.  If you can live
> > with the constraints of RoR or CF, then at the end of the day a
> > skilled development team will make more difference than the platform
> > you choose.
>
>we've already started to blow away the JSP/Java cobwebs to support
>this change. But what you're saying is that there is no compelling
>reason to use CF. If we wanted RAD, then RonR is just as legit.... and
>cheaper!
>
> >  I'm personally curious to see how you go as a RoR developer -
>
>nah, I don't like the syntax. I don't like PHP for the same reasons.
>If I have to spend days typing stuff out I might as well enjoy it.
>
> > I think this discussion would have a bit more meat too it if a current RoR developer were involved.
>
>from this end the discussion points are being driven from a staff
>CF'er now converted to RonR. did you see Sean Corfields blog post that
>touched on this a while back? and the response of former CF'ers now
>using RonR? Sure, your right. the stuff is just a hammer. But we also
>know that developers don't always make the platform choices for
>projects.
>
>I give up. I'll shut up now. I must be the only person on-list that
>thinks RubyOnRails could make a serious dent to CF's market share. and
>that the current feature set - for the price and compared to other
>platforms - could do a lot more to entice projects to buy into CF.
>
>
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