Brian Cain talks about "ColdFusion vs PHP vs Java vs .Net (which is a better friend)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Speed of development Different from other languages Not constrained to a particular framework or dev methodology (eg what Microsoft or Java) RAD "Time of thought to launch" is way faster with CF CF 10 hours .Net weeks, especially for flexible changes PHP days Wild West too much freedom but not support OO as well as CF Java weeks Good on OO but much heavier weigh dev process Pickier coding Nimble response to customer requests and market changes How friendly to the developer Least .Net and Java. Need a lot of computer science / "gearhead" developers to use well Not a dev friendly Middle PHP - open source is good CFML - tag based is easy to get started, cfscript and OO are powerful to move forward with Avoid over engineering Strong Typing Hiring Post programming jobs vs CF job Easy to train developers from languages in 1-2 weeks Learn the syntax CF is forgiving about how you code Hackathon comparison Roadmap Oracle Java changes WP (WordPress) or Drupal developers vs pure PHP DNN (Dot net Nuke) sites vs .Net .Net roadmap PHP roadmap Faster maintenance Good CFML saves on refracting later CFQueryParam Object reuse Java yes PHP not built in .Net yes CF yes Schools and universities What is a good developer Solve problems and head off future problems due to maintenance and scalability Free Adobe curriculum and CF licenses for learning Third party add-ons PDF generation What is the attraction of .Net, PHP or Java? Security Legacy The two edged sword of full backward compatibility Why are you proud to use CF? WWIT to make CF more alive this year? Publicity from organization eg NASA CF helps get us to Mars What did you enjoy at CF Summit?   Mentioned in this episode Learn CF in a week Free Adobe curriculum and CF licenses for learning Kishore Balakrishnan Email kishore (at) adobe.com https://teratech.com/modernization-of-adobe-coldfusion-helped-improving-security-deployment-and-other-important-aspects/ Bio Brian has been developing for 20 years, 16 of them in ColdFusion. Dev Team manager for Careers division of Farms.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianccain/ Links LinkedIn  

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