what is the colfusion's best feature

[dizyn]

I haven't ever used coldfusion, can any one tell me what's the colfusion's best feature.


thanks

[woodside]

Ease of use.... Very simple to build basic pages, very html-like syntax.

[dsr771]

Also, due to its ease of use, you can build web applications rather quickly.

[tbarr60]

I would refrain from using easy in the description. It makes things as hard as they should be. A number of other languages make things much harder then it needs to be. It is also a few years ahead of other languages on introducing features like state handling, web services, and Flash forms.

[swirl1980]

i agree, CF does the same job as many other languages but does it with less code making it quicker and easier (IMHO) to develop pages!

[advantage]

I agree with everyone here that coldfusion is #1 for rapid development (haven't tried Ruby Rails yet.)

[ccoonen]

Started with VB, then ASP, PHP, CF, Now I'm back to Microsoft. MS ASP.NET is off the CHAIN - but it's all about the IDE. The MS Development Tool for Developing .NET 2005 is UnFriggin Believable - wanna talk about rapid development? Literally Drag-On your components (like a few textboxes, labels, and a submit button). .NET 2005 is Tight... and it now has a slick "Memberships and Roles" functionality!

[JasonBartholme]

The best feature of ColdFusion 7.0 is a dynamic PDF/Flash Paper creation.

<cfdocument format="pdf">
<p>This will render a PDF document.</p>
</cfdocument>

It's that easy.

[kovacs]

I must second the ease of use point. Also, I find CFMX much easier to debug than PHP.

[websiteideas]

Coldfusion has financial backing whereas PHP doesn't.

[kovacs]

Fantastic ease of use when it comes to database interaction. One of the reason's I've stuck with CF over the years.