Why ColdFusion

We are often asked (usually by competitors) why we insist on using ColdFusion Markup Scripting Language (CFML) for all our application development. It's NOT because we're afraid to try new languages or experiment; in fact, to date we've programmed client applications in a whole range of language, including PHP, JSP, ASP, Perl, ISAPI and even C++ executables.

The answer is power, flexibility and speed. No other language will allow us to produce the powerful solutions we have become known for as fast - by reusing proven components, modules and functions. Also the sheer ease of programming CFML allows us to write bug-free code in half the time it would take using other languages. Our competition who are failing to evolve to using CFML will be left in our wake.

ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) is a high level language
that compiles to native code for the J2EE platform or the .NET
platform making it the most versatile, cross-platform, future-proofed
language for developing Internet Applications today.

CFML is now the only cross-platform web-scripting language that
will allow you to deploy natively on .NET and J2EE.

CFML is now free through BlueDragon
http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm
so ASP=free arguments no longer hold up.

No other language had better code reuse features than CFML.

No other language can produce results as fast.

Error trapping and reporting build in.

Easily supports server clustering for when things get really busy.

ColdFusionMX is built on Java!

"What Macromedia has done is pretty amazing: They've brought the power of the J2EE platform to ColdFusion developers, and the ease and rapid development of ColdFusion to the Java world...Macromedia has really delivered a great product with ColdFusion MX. It's more powerful, more flexible, and brings great new features to both Java and CF developers. And I've really only scratched the surface of this new version."
- Brian Kotek - Builder.com

"As far as rapidly developing powerful, scalable Web applications, nothing beats ColdFusion."
John Wilker - Builder.com

"ColdFusion MX, which remakes the venerable application server in Java, appeals to long-time ColdFusion developers who want to deploy into J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) environments, as well as to J2EE shops where ColdFusion's simple tag-based programming model will be a godsend."
- Jon Udell - InfoWorld

"ColdFusion is the best commercially available method to generate dynamic web content for any number of application designs. It's fast, robust, easy to learn and expansive in its functionality."
- David Penney - OAO Technology Solutions

ColdFusion MX for WebSphere gives a number of benefits. First, it lets us consolidate our existing ColdFusion applications on our standard WebSphere infrastructure. But it also gives us a productivity layer on top of J2EE. It's really the right tool for tons of internal applications that need be built quickly and cost effectively. Building these applications in Java instead of ColdFusion is like swatting a fly with a sledgehammer.

Plus, by being able to access business processes that exist as JavaBeans from our ColdFusion applications makes it easy for non-Java developers to incorporate our existing Java assets into their applications."
- Mark Aiman - Purdue University

"Many of our customers are already using ColdFusion as an environment for rapid application development. Macromedia's strategy to move ColdFusion to a Java architecture will make it possible for those customers to deploy their applications on IBM WebSphere Application Server and combine the ease of use of ColdFusion with the flexibility, extensibility, and robustness of the WebSphere software platform."
- William Reedy - IBM

"By moving ColdFusion to the Java architecture, Macromedia is helping to lead the industry trend of creating Web content on the Java platform. Now, an even broader developer base can take advantage of industry standard J2EE application servers. ColdFusion has a proven track record as an easy-to-use web development environment, and we welcome ColdFusion to the family of Java-compatible development tools."
- Rich Green - Sun Microsystems