The big platform debate 1

Posted by Neil on August 24, 2007

As you are probably aware there is a choice now for CFML developers (CFMX for Java, Bluedragon for .NET).  But, for now I’m not interested in CFML, I want to hear from people about the underlying platforms.

Therefore, if you are a Java or .NET fan - why should I choose your platform over the other for day-to-day web development?

The things I want to hear most about are:

  • Cost
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Flexibility
  • Development Times
  • Front-end technologies and ease of use
  • Data tier integration
  • Support
  • The bad bits (i.e the stuff you don’t find out about until trying to fix a bug the night before a deadline)
  • Tooling (Eclipse vs Visual Studio)

…and finally…

  • How does it help you with CFML development?

Tell me what you think…

CFML and JSR 223 3

Posted by Neil on July 06, 2007

Just using the blog to ask a question today.  Now that we have JSR223 allowing us to run more languages in Java, does this mean I can somehow write Groovy / JRuby / Jython code directly in my .CFMs?