Comment Re:Missed a few things... (Score 1) 78
I've been working with Cold Fusion to create a large scale web site at work, and it simply isn't up to the task. I've found that it is poorly documented (CFEXECUTE), and I've run accross functions that do not work as described (CFHTTP).
Trivial, databased sites can be created very quickly, but creating anything of substance is like kicking a dead whale down the beach. Furthermore, the snytax is inconsistant, and there's not a strict separation between code and HTML output. I can see how the syntax might please an art director who only knows HTML, but it looks like a mess to an actual programmer.
I've crashed the Cold Fusion server (on NT 4, not UNIX) with simple regular expression matching and recursive custom tag calls. I've never had to contend with shell scripts, perl, PHP, or C 'going down.' In order to complete the project, I've written core functions in Perl. Given the time and opportunity, I would rewrite the entire site with ASP or PHP.
It's a dark day Microsoft can out do a well funded, independent company. It's slightly less of suprise when the open source community bests them. The phrase "runs rings around" seems appropriate.
<CFCRAP>Cold Fusion #blows#</CFCRAP>
Trivial, databased sites can be created very quickly, but creating anything of substance is like kicking a dead whale down the beach. Furthermore, the snytax is inconsistant, and there's not a strict separation between code and HTML output. I can see how the syntax might please an art director who only knows HTML, but it looks like a mess to an actual programmer.
I've crashed the Cold Fusion server (on NT 4, not UNIX) with simple regular expression matching and recursive custom tag calls. I've never had to contend with shell scripts, perl, PHP, or C 'going down.' In order to complete the project, I've written core functions in Perl. Given the time and opportunity, I would rewrite the entire site with ASP or PHP.
It's a dark day Microsoft can out do a well funded, independent company. It's slightly less of suprise when the open source community bests them. The phrase "runs rings around" seems appropriate.
<CFCRAP>Cold Fusion #blows#</CFCRAP>
