On 1/21/07, Robert Reil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
AbleCommerce CFMX5.5 uses Jakarta Velocity to manage dynamic email
generation. I have bought 2 books on Velocity and done much searching about
Velocity on the net and the more I read I find that it may be an alternative
application language to CF.
You're correct. Velocity is a Java-interpreted web scripting language
similar to CF.
With all that my mind asks the question...
Could Struts and Velocity do the same job?
Sure. Struts is an Java-based application framework, analagous to
Fusebox or Mach II or Model-Glue.
And if you are on MX, and are using Java, why use CF at all? Just move over
to a struts/Velocity/Servlet framework and do away with the crap called
ColdFusion.
What you've stumbled upon is politely called a "troll". Both because
he's ugly and because the behavior is much like a fisherman in a bass
boat moving slowly across a lake trying to get a bite on their line.
Notice the name he signed the post with: "I Hate CF". Such people are
not to be taken seriously when they offer advice.
From a more pragmatic point of view, yes, Struts and Velocity could
most likely do the same job, as could half-a-dozen or more other
frameworks. The question you have to answer is which is best for you.
If you have the budget to hire some programmers fluent in the
framework in question, then you can debate the merits of the
framework. If you don't and you're going to be doing the coding
yourself, then you should poke around at Java some and see if you seem
more at home than in CF. My bet is that you're better off in CF.
--
Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Gliddy glub gloopy / Nibby nabby noopy / La la la lo lo / Sabba sibby
sabba / Nooby abba nabba / Le le lo lo / Tooby ooby walla / Nooby abba
naba / Early morning singing song" - Good Morning Starshine
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