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Re:Ask HN: Any web startups using Java? by jonah on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @03:12AM (#1932995)
There are lots of great frameworks for ColdFusion/Railo.
Re:Ask HN: Any web startups using Java? by yatsyk on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @03:30AM (#1933025)
ColdFusion is not associated with fun development, may be I'm wrong, but for me it is associated with plenty of config xmls and other enterpricy stuff.
Re:Ask HN: Any web startups using Java? by jalpino on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @02:30PM (#1935026)
Been using CF for 10 years, Java for 5. CF is a great bridge from the functionality and performance of Java with the ease and natural fit of a loosely typed language when building for the web.

CF and it's community is not the same beast it used to be, I would encourage you and others to take a second look.

Re:Ask HN: Any web startups using Java? by jonah on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @03:43AM (#1933051)
Maybe it's been a while? Check out http://www.coldboxframework.com/ or http://fw1.riaforge.org/ as examples of the state of things these days.
Re:Ask HN: Any web startups using Java? by eapen on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @03:52AM (#1936881)
Yep, Coldfusion is overly underestimated. It now supports script based syntax (similar to Java) and has a tonne of built-in useful functionality like Ehcache and more...