Posted by Rick Emery on 06/29/05 06:31

Quoting Brad Pauly <bpauly@gmail.com>:

> It might not be easy to put a number on, but consider your (and
> possibly the other developers') enthusiasm about PHP. I would guess
> that you will be more productive with something that you are excited
> about.

Our senior developer and I (who come from a C background) are big php
fans, and have made that fact clear to management. We have a new
developer whose background is in ColdFusion, but he's been playing with
and has warmed to php; he says he likes it and would look forward to
the challenge of a new language. We have a Visual Basic programmer who
I thought would push for ColdFusion but, to my surprise, he's pushing
for php (maybe just because he's following everybody else, but I don't
really care why). Our last developer hasn't expressed an opinion one
way or the other. Our manager, who will ultimately make the decision,
has seen some ColdFusion demos and really likes the ease of use
(through abstraction of common tasks) and RAD capabilities. To my
knowledge, she hasn't looked at php yet (which is why I'm soliciting
information).

> I have done a lot of work in both ColdFusion and PHP and I much prefer
> PHP. There are some technical reasons (i.e., I like "shared nothing"),
> but some of it is also personal preference. I just like it. CF is fine
> and I don't think it's dead, but it just isn't as fun to work with. My
> biggest problem with CF is probably that I have to use it on Windows
> and, well, I really don't like that. ;) You mention being in a Windows
> environment so maybe you don't have a choice with that aspect.

Good information; I really appreciate having opinions from ColdFusion
developers. As far as the Windows environment, things may be on the way
to changing; see my earlier post about a current php application
running on a Linux box with Apache.

> If management can see that you are stoked to use PHP that might help
> your cause.

That's what I'm hoping, and so far it seems to be having an impact.

Thanks for your input!
Rick

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