As both a .NET programmer and ColdFusion developer, I always wondered how I
could leverage the world of .NET in ColdFusion. Both platforms come with
powerful features and using them together might be a wonderful friendship, if
one could only make them cooperate. There are two worlds out there and none
of them is an island.
Apart from this, and starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft will include the
last incarnation of the .NET Framework in its flagship operating system, with
all the bells and whistles that come with it. For those who like their
ColdFusion environment hosted on a Windows server, this means they'll always
have all the features provided in the .NET platform at hand. Even if a switch
to Vista won't be an option in the near future for current projects, you may
still wonder how you can put them to work for your ColdFusion application.
The promise of the n... (more)
As both a .NET programmer and ColdFusion developer, I always wondered how I
could leverage the world of .NET in ColdFusion. Both platforms come with
powerful features and using them together might be a wonderful friendship, if
one could only make them cooperate. There are two worlds out there and none
of them is an island.
Apart from this, and starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft will include the
last incarnation of the .NET Framework in its flagship operating system, with
all the bells and whistles that come with it. For those who like their
ColdFusion environment hosted on a... (more)
You might be tempted to say that once you enter the .NET world, you'll never
look back. Nothing seems too easy for you at this moment, what with the
brand-new .NET 3.0 that's just out, high tech and still unexplored in its
entirety.
However, there are situations in which the past catches up, raising the
legitimate question of how you can modify your existing .NET projects to
allow for interaction with the old Win32 programming model.
Why would a programmer do that? For one, there are those old legacy projects
your customers like to use, and nothing can convince them (yet, you hop... (more)
Catalin Sandu is a software developer at RomSoft (www.rms.ro) and has 10 years of experience. He is both a Microsoft Certified Professional (on C++ and .NET), and an Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer. Catalin is also a member of the British Computer Society since 2005.
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