[thelist] CF Express

[Andrew Forsberg]

Hi All!

I've been working with PHP for a while, well, ok around 9 months, but 
I think I'm starting to get the hang of it - projects are working 
reasonably well at any rate. I have found templates with PHP to be a 
bit painful though, and am enviously looking at the coldfusion way of 
doing things as a possible alternative. I'm a bit worried that this 
is just another example of my 'grass is greener on the other side of 
the fence' syndrome. In order to decide whether it's worthwhile 
switching to coldfusion I'm going to install the express version onto 
a development server here, and give it a whirl for a couple of 
months. (The cost of the 'real' versions is not an issue in the 
switch decision, since I'll just get another hosting company.)

Anyhow the question is: has anyone had any experience with coldfusion 
*express*? Specifically: is it so crippled that it doesn't really do 
anything useful at all? and what are its limitations in real-world 
scenarios? I've looked over the allaire feature-comparison pages, and 
while obviously useful to those people making a purchase, I'm still 
kind-of-fuzzy about what the differences are for developers as 
opposed to business men/women. Does the express version do justice to 
the full versions? Or would I get a false impression of coldfusion by 
using the express version?

Thanks to you all - you're wonderful people,

Andrew
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Andrew Forsberg
http://www.thepander.co.nz