Cold Fusion

Is there anybody out there...

[mediaspinner]

I've not seen much talk about Cold Fusion, but as it's my development platform of choice, I thought I'd take a stab at evangalism... Go Cold Fusion, Go Cold Fusion, Go Cold Fusion...

Seriously... anyone here use CF?

[seth_wilde]

That's what our database programmers use.. don't know a whole lot about it myself though...

[lorax]

Hola Mediaspinner,
I've used it but have since ditched it in favor of PHP. CF Server is expensive. PHP is free and performs like CF on steroids. Plus I've found the PHP community more willing to offer help and code snippet/full scripts for free.

That being said, did you have a specific question about CF?

[mediaspinner]

Nothing specific... but I was just wondering if there were any others here. I was feeling all alone.

I don't know much about PHP, other than it's similar to CF (tag-based). Any good resource sites I can learn more about it on?

One good advantage to CF, lower distribution, and it being expensive is that I've only seen 4 security reports of any magnitude (needing attention) issued over the past 3 years.

[madcat]

Well, I've been forced to start learning CF as of late : Not that being forced to learn is bad of course. I was planning on learning PHP but this came up. Anyway, it will give me an understanding of how db's and other server-side stuff relates to each other; this will (I hope) make my trip to PHP easier. Anyway, I'll be around mediaspinner;)

[justa]

Mediaspinner,

I use coldfusion 5 on my intranet site.

I agree with Lorax that CF is expensive, and PHP is free with a wide community help over the internet. I'm also aware that PHP can out perform CF for the most robust programming requirements, but I've yet to run into something CF couldn't handle.

I enjoy coldfusion because of the speed in which you can write the code, and the ability to easily re-use the code throughout you web applications.

And like Lorax and Madcat said, if you have any specific questions about CF post it on the board, I'm sure someone will be able to lend a hand, or at least point you in the right direction.

[Ranger]

Yep, we're a ColdFusion house. Our now-lead programmer and I attended a CF seminar, and were wowed by the ease of it. It's also given us a very basic "in" to PHP and ASP. But PHP is where we're leaning now...(I keep saying that, but none of us have conveniently found the time to start learning it in depth.)

We haven't seen any problems with our apps, but have had an inordinate amount of trouble finding a fair-priced, reliable host.

Again, all our sites are very niche, so there's not much traffic to worry about.

Now that Macromedia has bought ColdFusion, I have to admit I'm concerned about its long-term viability. Microsoft's products now look like the better long-term bet.