Re: Coldfusion vs. Java

chris wrote:
Hello,

I don't mean to start any flames or such. I work at a company where I'm the only Java programmer and the rest are developing in CF. This is for inhouse intranet applications. Some of the management is trying to switch development over to Java. I was hired on and part of my job is to help transition them over. While I have nothing against CF, it appears that there is a huge resistance. I'm using Struts, JSP and Servlets. Here is what I'm faced with:

"Coldfusion is compiled into Java anyways..."

"Since it's so easy to develop applications in Coldfusion, why would we want to use something much more difficult to do the same thing."

"You can't pass a recordset and display it. You have to create a bean." (Speaking of Struts)

Well, anyone have any comments on these statements? I am the lone ranger here! :) I know about objected oriented programming and the performance of Java vs. CF, but those have failed to be convincing arguments.

Thanks,

Chris

Try to figure out which problems you think will be resolved by converting from CF to plain j2ee. What would the cost of training all the cf-developers in j2ee amount to?
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