Thanks Guilherme, we¹ve just come to the same conclusion. Given the cost of implementing ColdFusion and the limited number features we are currently interested in using, we simply can¹t justify the switch. PHP appears to be able to do everything we want to do and it is rooted deeply in our current website technologies (Apache, MySQL, Joomla, Drupal, etc). I say I¹m a novice, but I do have a working knowledge of PHP, I can at least sit down and read through a script and understand what is going on. Best to build on that knowledge than to switch to another language, again. Overall though, I do find them all to be very similar, so that hasn¹t been an issue. Biggest advantage with PHP is the community and resources behind it.
I guess I don¹t find this subject too off-topic because it does seem important to know how your Flex application actually communicates with the server and database. Cheers, great list! -- Blair From: Guilherme Blanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:53:25 -0300 To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] PHP vs. Coldfusion 8 for beginner? It's a bit offtopic, but let's go... I'd suggest you PHP. Why? Because it's similar to a lot of languages and the learn path to these others will be minimized. Learning PHP you'll be able to learn C, Java, ... Like if you learn a tab-based language (read as ColdFusion) you'll have some hard times to move to a structured or object oriented language. That's my US$0.02 Cheers, On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Howard Fore <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:howard.fore%40hofo.com> > wrote: > I think you could probably do well in either. I've worked in both. I think > that there's a lot to ColdFusion's Java underpinnings that allow you to take > advantage of Java libraries in the open source world. Since you mention > reports, you should know that CFReport/ReportBuilder are based on some > freely available Java libraries (Jasper and iReport I think). Also the > cfdocument PDF functionality is iText under the covers. I'm biased towards > CF as I think the syntax is more readable, but languages are just tools. > It's what you choose to do with them that counts. > > PS: This is a bit off-topic for flexcoders... > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:38 PM, cox.blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:blair.cox%40luminultra.com> > wrote: >> >> Okay, so I'm probably going to get a biased response, but which would >> you say would be the best long term strategy for a beginner to learn >> to become proficient with? I'm not looking to learn both, I want to >> pick a combination and stick to it. >> >> I suspect it is dependant on your background knowledge and what you >> want to do, so, my background is as novice as you get but with >> proficiency to learn. What we are going to do with it is create >> specialized business applications tailored to data analyses and report >> creation. > > > > -- > Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:howard.fore%40hofo.com> > "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood > -- Guilherme Blanco - Web Developer CBC - Certified Bindows Consultant Cell Phone: +55 (16) 9166-6902 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:guilhermeblanco%40hotmail.com> URL: http://blog.bisna.com Rio de Janeiro - RJ/Brazil
