Is CF the right one for me?

Question

I am trying to decide if CF is the right language for a side
project I am beginning. I am not a beginner to web design but am
far from advanced. I have made stuff in the past and have a
knowledge of html. I also use to write software in VB6 (nothing to
crazy just small side stuff). I am embarking on a project to write
some intranet workbench software for my company. I want it to serve
as a salesmen ordering/tracking system as well as a project
management system. Obviously it is a big task and I am going to
break it into small pieces to work on over time and continue to
expand and use it.
I have seen CF before and know people who swear by it. I have
used it briefly so I have some understanding.
My question would be as to the correct way to move forward on
this project.
First, is a web project vs. a standalone installed product
the way to go?
Second, what is the right technology (CF, ASP?) I have no
knowledge of ASP so that would be a learning curve.
It is not expected to be hit by a tremendous amount of
employees. Currently we have 29 and I was going to use an access
database so any server technology should be less of a bottleneck
than my database.
I guess before I start in the wrong direction I wanted to get
some feedback on what direction you all would recommend?

Answer 1

Coldfusion is a kids language, a dying language, an out of
date
language, ect, ect.
No seriously, the main problem with CF is adoption. Some folk
complain about
cost, but the issue is adoption (though I am sure there is a
connection).
If CF not being as popular as other soultions is not a
problem (popularity
isn't everything), then go for it if you can afford it.
Personally I would
be considering better priced options that offer more RAD
features (Ruby On
Rails, for example, is free) - but that wuold be mostly
becasue I am not
sure what the future holds for CF and I happen to know that
the Ruby option
is much faster to code.
If CF is something you are comfortable with, then there is no
reason to not
use it - it WILL get the job done.
"ivanjay" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I am trying to decide if CF is the right language for a
side project I am
> beginning. I am not a beginner to web design but am far
from advanced. I
have
> made stuff in the past and have a knowledge of html. I
also use to write
> software in VB6 (nothing to crazy just small side
stuff). I am embarking
on a
> project to write some intranet workbench software for my
company. I want
it to
> serve as a salesmen ordering/tracking system as well as
a project
management
> system. Obviously it is a big task and I am going to
break it into small
> pieces to work on over time and continue to expand and
use it.
>
> I have seen CF before and know people who swear by it. I
have used it
briefly
> so I have some understanding.
>
> My question would be as to the correct way to move
forward on this
project.
>
> First, is a web project vs. a standalone installed
product the way to go?
> Second, what is the right technology (CF, ASP?) I have
no knowledge of
ASP so
> that would be a learning curve.
>
> It is not expected to be hit by a tremendous amount of
employees.
Currently
> we have 29 and I was going to use an access database so
any server
technology
> should be less of a bottleneck than my database.
>
> I guess before I start in the wrong direction I wanted
to get some
feedback on
> what direction you all would recommend?
>