RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

2005-06-07 Thread Tolulope Olonade










So Allen,

Youd
rather not use Coldfusion?











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Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex
best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)





Tolulope,



One thing to keep in mind is that
ColdFusion is not strongly typed. So although it allows you to whip up
server - side Java code rapidly, the compiler doesn't support you in catching
typing issues.



HTH,

Allen


 
  
  
  
   



   
   

Allen
Manning,
Technical Director - Certified Instructor 

   
   

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+44 (0)870 749 1100 f: +44 (0)870 749 1200 w:
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From:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope Olonade
Sent: 06 June 2005 12:00
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex
best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

Thanks All,

David what about people like me comfortable
with C family of languages like C/C++ and C#?

I heard the transition from those
languages to Java is not much? How true is that?

There was a time I was trying to set up a
Java web development environment and I had to fiddle with things like JBoss,
Apache,Tomcat, http conf, text files, xml files etc

On the contrary on IIS its just few clicks
and you are up and running

I think Xamlon is trying to preempt
Macromedia by throwing weight behind these families of developers i.e. they
love flash but prefer C# on MS.NET OR Click once Web/App server deployment.

So between CFM and Java help compare ease
of use AND Power to achieve things from a Flex perspective.



Thanks a lot.









From:
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Mendels
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:46
AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex
best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)





Hi,



I think you will find Flex is equally well
designed to work with both CFMX (which itself runs on J2EE) or any of the
widely used Java/J2EE servers. Your choice at that tier should be based
on other considerations. In general, if you are already using CFMX, I'd
stay with it; if you are already using Java/J2EE I'd stay with that. If
you are not familiar with Java/J2EE ColdFusion is a faster learning curve and a
more RAD model for building apps and I would reccomend you check it out.



Regards,

David

Macromedia











From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Tolulope Olonade
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:10
AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Flex best
with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

Can anyone please hit the
bulls eye for me on which server side platform Flex is best with?

I know there no support for
.NET for now.

But what of ColdFusion and
Java as most of our applications here tie into Databases a lot.





Thanks.














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RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

2005-06-07 Thread Allen Manning




Tolulope,

We have used ColdFusion with our Flex development and are 
pleased with it. But I see that there is a trade-off to consider, rapid 
prototyping of ColdFusion vs. compiler support in catching type errors in 
Java. I'm sure there are many other trade-offs, but this oneseem 
paramount to me.

HTH,
Allen


From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope 
OlonadeSent: 07 June 2005 08:16To: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)


So 
Allen,
Youd rather not use Coldfusion?





From: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen ManningSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:44 
PMTo: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? 
(CFM/Java/ASPX?)

Tolulope,

One thing to keep in 
mind is that ColdFusion is not strongly typed. So although it allows you 
to whip up server - side Java code rapidly, the compiler doesn't support you in 
catching typing issues.

HTH,
Allen

  
  

  
  


  


  
Allen 
Manning, 
Technical Director - Certified Instructor 


  
Prismix 
Ltd t: +44 
(0)870 749 1100 f: +44 
(0)870 749 1200 w: www.prismix.com 

  



















From: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope OlonadeSent: 06 June 2005 12:00To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
Thanks 
All,
David what about people like me 
comfortable with C family of languages like C/C++ and 
C#?
I heard the transition 
from those languages to Java is not much? How true is 
that?
There was a time I was 
trying to set up a Java web development environment and I had to fiddle with 
things like JBoss, Apache,Tomcat, http conf, text files, xml files 
etc
On the contrary on IIS 
its just few clicks and you are up and running
I think Xamlon is 
trying to preempt Macromedia by throwing weight behind these families of 
developers i.e. they love flash but prefer C# on MS.NET OR Click once Web/App 
server deployment.
So between CFM and Java 
help compare ease of use AND Power to achieve things from a Flex 
perspective.

Thanks a 
lot.




From: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David MendelsSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:46 
AMTo: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? 
(CFM/Java/ASPX?)

Hi,

I think you will find 
Flex is equally well designed to work with both CFMX (which itself runs on J2EE) 
or any of the widely used Java/J2EE servers. Your choice at that tier 
should be based on other considerations. In general, if you are already 
using CFMX, I'd stay with it; if you are already using Java/J2EE I'd stay with 
that. If you are not familiar with Java/J2EE ColdFusion is a faster 
learning curve and a more RAD model for building apps and I would reccomend you 
check it out.

Regards,
David
Macromedia

  
  
  
  
  From: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope OlonadeSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:10 
  AMTo: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
  which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
  Can 
  anyone please hit the bulls eye for me on which server side platform Flex is 
  best with?
  I know 
  there no support for .NET for now.
  But what 
  of ColdFusion and Java as most of our applications here tie into Databases a 
  lot.
  
  
  Thanks.








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RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

2005-06-06 Thread David Mendels





Hi,

The benefit of ColdFusion is that you get all of the Java 
platform (it compiles to Java byte code, and can run standalone with our 
embedded J2EE server or on top of any major J2EE server, and you can extend it 
with Java code and third party Java libraries directly) *and* it is drop dead 
simple to install, configureand get started. You get ease of use and 
power.

You can use Flex and .NET as well. Put the 
Flexserver on Tomcat or another lowcost Java server but put your business 
logic on your .NET server and communicate via webservices/XML. You will 
not be able to use the remote object tag, but there are a lot of valid data 
access strategies you can consider.

Regards,
David



  
  
  From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope 
  OlonadeSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:55 AMTo: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
  which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
  
  
  Thanks 
  All,
  David what about people like me 
  comfortable with C family of languages like C/C++ and 
  C#?
  I heard the 
  transition from those languages to Java is not much? How true is 
  that?
  There was a time I 
  was trying to set up a Java web development environment and I had to fiddle 
  with things like JBoss, Apache,Tomcat, http conf, text 
  files, xml files etc
  On the contrary on 
  IIS its just few clicks and you are up and 
  running
  I think Xamlon is trying to preempt Macromedia by throwing weight 
  behind these families of developers i.e. they love flash but prefer C# on 
  MS.NET OR Click once Web/App server deployment.
  So between CFM and 
  Java help compare ease of use AND Power to achieve things from a Flex 
  perspective.
  
  Thanks a 
  lot.
  
  
  
  
  From: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David MendelsSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:46 
  AMTo: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
  which server side technology ? 
  (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
  
  Hi,
  
  I think you will find 
  Flex is equally well designed to work with both CFMX (which itself runs on 
  J2EE) or any of the widely used Java/J2EE servers. Your choice at that 
  tier should be based on other considerations. In general, if you are 
  already using CFMX, I'd stay with it; if you are already using Java/J2EE I'd 
  stay with that. If you are not familiar with Java/J2EE ColdFusion is a 
  faster learning curve and a more RAD model for building apps and I would 
  reccomend you check it out.
  
  Regards,
  David
  Macromedia
  




From: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope 
OlonadeSent: Monday, June 
06, 2005 3:10 AMTo: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
Can 
anyone please hit the bulls eye for me on which server side platform Flex 
is best with?
I know 
there no support for .NET for now.
But 
what of ColdFusion and Java as most of our applications here tie into 
Databases a lot.


Thanks.







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RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)

2005-06-06 Thread Allen Manning





Tolulope,

One thing to keep in mind is that ColdFusion is not 
strongly typed. So although it allows you to whip up server - side Java 
code rapidly, the compiler doesn't support you in catching typing 
issues.

HTH,
Allen

  
  

  


  

  Allen 
Manning, Technical Director - Certified Instructor 
  

  Prismix 
Ltd t: +44 (0)870 749 1100 f: +44 
(0)870 749 1200 w: www.prismix.com 











From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope 
OlonadeSent: 06 June 2005 12:00To: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)


Thanks 
All,
David what about people like me 
comfortable with C family of languages like C/C++ and 
C#?
I heard the transition 
from those languages to Java is not much? How true is 
that?
There was a time I was 
trying to set up a Java web development environment and I had to fiddle with 
things like JBoss, Apache,Tomcat, http conf, text files, xml files 
etc
On the contrary on IIS 
its just few clicks and you are up and 
running
I think Xamlon is trying to preempt Macromedia by throwing weight 
behind these families of developers i.e. they love flash but prefer C# on MS.NET 
OR Click once Web/App server deployment.
So between CFM and Java 
help compare ease of use AND Power to achieve things from a Flex 
perspective.

Thanks a 
lot.




From: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David MendelsSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:46 
AMTo: 
flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
which server side technology ? 
(CFM/Java/ASPX?)

Hi,

I think you will find 
Flex is equally well designed to work with both CFMX (which itself runs on J2EE) 
or any of the widely used Java/J2EE servers. Your choice at that tier 
should be based on other considerations. In general, if you are already 
using CFMX, I'd stay with it; if you are already using Java/J2EE I'd stay with 
that. If you are not familiar with Java/J2EE ColdFusion is a faster 
learning curve and a more RAD model for building apps and I would reccomend you 
check it out.

Regards,
David
Macromedia

  
  
  
  
  From: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope OlonadeSent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:10 
  AMTo: 
  flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Flex best with 
  which server side technology ? (CFM/Java/ASPX?)
  Can 
  anyone please hit the bulls eye for me on which server side platform Flex is 
  best with?
  I know 
  there no support for .NET for now.
  But what 
  of ColdFusion and Java as most of our applications here tie into Databases a 
  lot.
  
  
  Thanks.







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