Articles by Vince Bonfanti

Growing a Business with BlueDragon Server

Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:48:11 EDT

How many times have you heard the question: 'Why use CFML when you can use PHP, ASP, or JSP, which are all free?' With BlueDragon Server, one of three editions of BlueDragon from New Atlanta Communications, you can finally answer that question.

Making the Case for CFML

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:00:00 EDT

Many BlueDragon customers tell us they're being asked to defend their choice of CFML (ColdFusion Markup Lanuage) over JavaServer Pages (JSP). They need help making the argument that CFML and J2EE work well together, and that perhaps CFML is a better choice for presentation layer technology than JSP for developing J2EE Web applications. They know instinctively it's the right choice, but aren't quite sure how to build the case.

It's Not ColdFusion - It's J2EE!

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 00:00:00 EST

Over the past few months I've had several conversations with developers that have all been pretty much the same. Here's a paraphrase of a recent one: 'My management decided to standardize on , and my company isn't going to use ColdFusion anymore.

CFML Forever!

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 EST

Since New Atlanta first announced BlueDragon about a year ago, we've been asked two common questions: 'What is BlueDragon?' and 'Why did you create it?' I thought a good starting point and introduction for my first column (which, hopefully, will become a regular CFDJ feature) would be to answer these questions, particularly the latter.

J2EE Without EJBs?

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 EST

Did you use EJBs in your last J2EE project? Many Java programmers (and their managers and CIOs) would consider this a strange question. 'How can it be a J2EE project if it doesn't include EJBs?' they might ask. The answer is: Sun currently lists 11 J2EE component technologies of which EJB is but one; of equal importance are servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and JDBC. In fact, a recently released research report by Gartner, Inc., reveals that most Java projects do not use EJBs, but rely exclusively on servlets/JSP. (While not specifically mentioned in the Gartner report, I would guess that a high percentage of those projects also use JDBC.)