Everyone tells me that coldfusion is not worth it!

Question

I live in Perth and work in Sydney a fair bit. I have been
thinking about
adding a new weapon to my arsenal and have looked at
coldfusion markup
langauge. The problem is that it seems to be very rarely used
in Australia
and most developers I speak to say that it is rather unusual
to see people
using it these days.
Will it now become more popular that Adobe Systems are
backing it (own it I
think)?

Answer 1

tgas are jusy syntax, but more suitable for presentation.
Visually they very
clearly delineate content from markup. For wrting logic,
actual programming,
they are annoying as they require more keystrokes and
keyboard combos. The
only reason this syntax was chosen was to hopefully convince
people that
cfml was just as easy as html, which is not at all true.
Purely marketing
and not at all about what was appropriate for the devloper.
"ferrus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >Its purely a
> syntax.
>
> <cfmytag arg="myarg" otherarg="myotherarg">
>
> is the same as
>
> cfmytag(arg,myotherarg)
>
> except the tag based way is more cumbersome.
>
>
> Yes, I am seeing this. I got the impression that cfml
was about the same
> difficulty level as html. This is a bit of a con
actually as it is not at
> all like html in any meaningful way. I already knew
javascript to some
> degree and this is more like javascript than html in
that it is
programming,
> not just declarative tags.
>
> I look at a javascript function and then look at a cf
function, the cf
> function looks a lot harder to both type out and looks
really clunky. I
> think php would be closer to familair territory for me,
syntactically
> anyway.
>
> I have been looking at a few server languages and have
decided that cfml,
> for me anyway, is not used enough to be of any use to
me. I think its .net
> or php but I think php is to be easier than .net.
>
> Thanls for the inputs guys.
>
>
>
> "Albert" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
> >>> I just feel like I need to chime in here.
Your argument that the
> >>> reason
> > behind CF being a tag-based language is simply to
'blend in' with html
is
> > false. The tag-based aspect of CF allows developers
to encapsulate alot
> > of
> > functionality within a simple tag.
> >
> > Not true either, you don't need tags to provide
encapsulation. Its
purely
> > a
> > syntax.
> >
> > <cfmytag arg="myarg" otherarg="myotherarg">
> >
> > is the same as
> >
> > cfmytag(arg,myotherarg)
> >
> > except the tag based way is more cumbersome.
> >
> >>>In my experience (over 10 years in web
development with different
> > languages),
> > the 'clutter' was always significantly higher using
other languages
> > because,
> > for example, you have to handle database
connectivity within the code on
> > the
> > page vs. using a simple <cfquery> tag.
> >
> > No, you don't and should not handle the datbase
code on the page in any
> > language. This was a mistake you made. I am yet to
see any language that
> > makes you put db code on teh web page. All
languages support
encapsulation
> > and therefore you can always avoid this.
> >
> >
> > "dtsam" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Adam,
> >>
> >> > Well the idea behind a tag-based language
is that it "blends in"
with
> > HTML
> >> tags that it might co-habit a file with, and
because it looks similar
to
> >> HTML - which is easy - it is apparently
automatically easier to learn.
>
> >>
> >> I just feel like I need to chime in here. Your
argument that the
reason
> >> behind CF being a tag-based language is simply
to 'blend in' with html
is
> >> false. The tag-based aspect of CF allows
developers to encapsulate
alot
> > of
> >> functionality within a simple tag.
> >>
> >> CF's learning is curve is certainly not as
steep as learning Java or
C#.
> > But
> >> CF has alot of advantages over those languages
as well. The advantages
> > would
> >> include being able to do alot of the same
things with CF that you could
> >> do
> > with
> >> Java or C# but with a significant less amount
of code.
> >>
> >> > tags just are a waste of typing and
clutter up the page. >
> >>
> >> In my experience (over 10 years in web
development with different
> > languages),
> >> the 'clutter' was always significantly higher
using other languages
> > because,
> >> for example, you have to handle database
connectivity within the code
on
> > the
> >> page vs. using a simple <cfquery> tag.
> >>
> >> Just my opinion.
> >> Regards.
> >>
> >> ds
> >>
> >
> >
>
>