I saw this over at http://www.coldfusioncommunity.org and just had to re post it. If you ever needed a reason Ben Forta provides a real reason why you would not want to use it.

When Flex 2 came out there was a lot of buzz on how programmer friendly it was. At the time I thought it sounds great but what current problems of mine would it solve. I then came across an article by Ryan Favro titled Multiple file upload with Flex and ColdFusion. I saw a real problem being solved by Flex and I thought it was a fantastic program. The big problem is at the time I did not know how to use Flex so I could not really customize the component.

Dan Wilson recently recorded an interview with John Wilker for CFConversations. John Wilker is a Flex & ColdFusion developer and also happens to help run 360 Flex Conference. Dan is pretty knowledgeable on both subjects and I think it really showed in the interview. He had some great questions for John for those wondering where Flex can fit in for them. I was actually not familiar with John before this interview but I really enjoyed the interview and plan on keeping track going forward.

Lately I have been doing a lot more development using jQuery and I am loving it. If you think back to when you first started using ColdFusion I would imagine we have a similair story. Some of you may have read an article somewhere about this great language but I bet most of you may have a story closer to mine. I was getting into building dynamic sites and a friend told me you really need to pick up ColdFusion. It makes complex things very easy and cuts down on development time.