Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-16 Thread Cutter (CF-Talk)
: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Using code-behind (asp.net class) and web forms (viewstate) are two of the MAJOR advantages of using ASP.NET. Code-behind is nice, but I've seen it become a pain in the arse with really big

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-16 Thread Mike Tangorre
Cutter (CF-Talk) wrote: hhhmmm, sounds like mach-ii, or fusebox, or... Cutter ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-16 Thread Rob
I would like as civilized discussion on the differences between .NET and ColdFusion MX7 Enterprise. I know all the arguments of free vs. licensing, ease of language, ect and I am not looking to rehash those. I would like a break down of features one has and the other doesn't, such as

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Small
-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. dave wrote: hehe But seriously, if you are a .net developer and m$ comes in and says

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Small
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Ian Skinner wrote: quote (cfhttp, cffile, cfftp, flash forms, cfchart, cfdump, cfreport, cfdocument, flash remoting, omg, where to stop? ). /quote Is it fair and unbiased

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Joe Rinehart
Using code-behind (asp.net class) and web forms (viewstate) are two of the MAJOR advantages of using ASP.NET. Code-behind is nice, but I've seen it become a pain in the arse with really big applications. You wind up with all this controller code spread through hundreds of pages / components,

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Joe Rinehart
Declare the file to write to and write. Dim FSO As FileStream = File.OpenWrite(file.txt) FSO.Write(Content) Don't forget to close your stream. CF does it automatically. Oh, and does your operation need a FileStream, BinaryStream, or StreamReader? This is a nice example of the CF approach

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Small
. Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Using code-behind (asp.net class

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Small
Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:10 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Declare the file to write to and write. Dim FSO As FileStream = File.OpenWrite(file.txt

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Joe Rinehart
You wind up with all this controller code spread through hundreds of pages / components What does that mean? Controller code? Er..controller code is what's in your code-behind. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpatterns/html/DesPageController.asp ..

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-14 Thread Matthew Small
: Re: Not to start a flame war. You wind up with all this controller code spread through hundreds of pages / components What does that mean? Controller code? Er..controller code is what's in your code-behind. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpatterns

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Jacob
http://www.promoteware.com/Module/Article/ArticleView.aspx?id=10 -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Not to start a flame war. I would like as civilized discussion on the differences between .NET

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Tangorre, Michael
From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.promoteware.com/Module/Article/ArticleView.aspx?id=10 Seems a little MS Heavy. Also, look at the test notes... Test Notes: Each application was executed on identical Compaq Proliant servers; J2EE was tested on two Application Servers, one of

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
Not to pour gas on a flame war, but... Notice the extension on the following page. Think it is a completely objective article? Also note their business is selling .net web modules. Just a thought. On 7/13/05, Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread dave
capital to form a corporation. From: Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:36 PM To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. http://www.promoteware.com/Module/Article/ArticleView.aspx?id=10

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Jacob
Okay.. to be balanced. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/cf_aspnet06.html -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. LOL, thats only a WEE bit biased! how

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA C code. C code run. Run code run. Please! - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
To try to contribute something to the discussion, I have a few thoughts. Each of these application servers is a tool. Each can do pretty much the same thing as the others, although the syntax and methodologies differ. All can read from a db. All can create PDF files. All can index and search

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Mark A Kruger
a flame war. Okay.. to be balanced. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/cf_aspnet06.html -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. LOL, thats only a WEE

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Robert Munn
There are two big choices in Web development- Java and .NET. Everything else is marginal in the corporate world, regardless of what the PHP folks say ;-). ...NET is the Microsoft camp, CFMX is part of the Java camp. That is the core difference. Does your organization believe in MSFT apps and

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Matt Osbun
: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. No dice... this is referring to classic ASP. .NET is definitely as full-featured as CF. The point on language accessibility is well-taken though. -mark

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread dave
Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. Okay.. to be balanced. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/cf_aspnet06.html -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Joe Rinehart
: Not to start a flame war. No dice... this is referring to classic ASP. .NET is definitely as full-featured as CF. The point on language accessibility is well-taken though. -mark ~| Logware (www.logware.us

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Stewart, Ryan
One of the main benefits that I think ColdFusion has over .NET is the fact that it is a Macromedia product. Macromedia is (for now) the undisputed king of Rich Internet Applications. With Flex and Flash defining the landscape of this part of the internet, having a backend that is almost

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Mark A Kruger
Ah... sorry - I didn't see that... good examples there. -Original Message- From: Matt Osbun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. Go a little further into the article to page 8, where ColdFusion

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Nathan Strutz
Technically, that's not the right comparison. ..NET vs Java makes more sense, as they are both comparable runtime platforms with their own strengths and weaknesses. I think you mean the difference between ASP.NET and ColdFusion. It's not easy to compile a list of everything each platform can

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Damien McKenna
/13/2005 3:29 PM To: CF-Talk Cc: Subject:RE: Not to start a flame war. One of the main benefits that I think ColdFusion has over .NET is the fact that it is a Macromedia product. Macromedia is (for now) the undisputed king of Rich Internet Applications. With Flex and Flash

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Nathan Strutz
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 7/13/2005 3:29 PM To: CF-Talk Cc: Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. One of the main benefits that I think ColdFusion has over .NET is the fact that it is a Macromedia product. Macromedia is (for now) the undisputed king of Rich Internet

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Matthew Small
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:59 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. And while we're on the subject, asp.net 2.0 is due out this november, I hear. They say it's supposed to cut down coding by 70%, which, by my calculations, should bring it down

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread dave
: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:59 PM To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. And while we're on the subject, asp.net 2.0 is due out this november, I hear. They say it's supposed to cut down coding by 70%, which, by my calculations, should bring it down closer

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Mark A Kruger
Now I must say that is very well spoken. -Original Message- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. Ian, you need to get a balanced view from some people who have extensive experience

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Adrocknaphobia
But only run on windows within InternetExplorer on longhorn... with 64 bit processors when its not raining... -Adam On 7/13/05, Damien McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never being ones to not paint lofty dreams of future products, but Microsoft is obviously intending their Avalon

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Charlie Griefer
instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. From: Nathan Strutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:59 PM To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. And while we're on the subject

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Damien McKenna
But only run on windows within InternetExplorer on longhorn... with 64 bit processors when its not raining... Rain excluded, that'll be low-end by the time it launches - AMD are already prepping 64bit Sempron's (their current low-end CPU). -- Damien McKenna - Web Developer -

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
How important is rapid prototyping vs a detailed software development plan? We are a small group of programmers in an environment that does not yet have a fixed development methodology. Projects are currently assigned to an individual programmer to do with as he/she best can. So, I would say

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
. Run code run. Please! - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. There are two big choices in Web development- Java and .NET

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA C code. C code run. Run code run. Please! - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread dave
:19 PM To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. your willingness to always look at things openly and objectively never ceases to amaze... :) On 7/13/05, dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They say it's supposed to cut down coding by 70%, oh great, so

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
-Original Message- From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Technically, that's not the right comparison. ..NET vs Java makes more sense, as they are both

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Mike Klostermeyer
is also your other main factor. The ability to change to Linux/Unix/Windows is obviously a huge perk with CF. Mike -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Not to start a flame war. Can anybody

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Nathan Strutz
dave wrote: hehe But seriously, if you are a .net developer and m$ comes in and says they will reduce the code by 70% wouldnt that seriously worry you? Yeah, the whole magical thing they do, translating an ASP.NET page to a class, and the viewstate hidden form field thing they create does

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Clint Tredway
Sacramento, CA C code. C code run. Run code run. Please! - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Technically

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Dave Watts
Yeah, the whole magical thing they do, translating an ASP.NET page to a class, and the viewstate hidden form field thing they create does scare me. It does seem to work, but the way they pull it off is just kinda... creepy. You mean like the way CF pages get compiled as servlets, and

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. Here is how I see it. If the majority of your developers know CF, then stick with that. It costs more (both time money) to learn .Net than it does to learn CF. .Net may

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Nathan Strutz
Ian Skinner wrote: quote (cfhttp, cffile, cfftp, flash forms, cfchart, cfdump, cfreport, cfdocument, flash remoting, omg, where to stop? ). /quote Is it fair and unbiased to say that it is easier to do these things in ColdFusion then ASP.NET? Yep. reading/writing a file is generally

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Clint Tredway
Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA C code. C code run. Run code run. Please! - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: Clint Tredway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start

RE: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. since i mainly use Eclipse for all my dev (as, cf, php, etc) my tools are free :) Figure spending 1-2k per employee on training or more for .Net

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Nathan Strutz
Yeah, I don't trust that either. Or the way c++ compiles into assembly. Not for me, no thanks. ok ok i see your point. The difference is I know how CF does the translation. I can even easily see how ASP classic worked, simple to comprehend. But ASP.NET and the web page event context through

Re: Not to start a flame war.....

2005-07-13 Thread Clint Tredway
: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Not to start a flame war. since i mainly use Eclipse for all my dev (as, cf, php, etc) my tools are free :) Figure spending 1-2k per employee on training or more for .Net On 7/13/05, Ian