I second that. I took a 5-month certificate program for ASP.NET with C# last Spring at a prestigious university in the DC metropolitan area. (Not naming names here....) The teacher is an extremely well qualified individual with over half a dozen MS certificates, including one in ASP.NET web development. However, it always seemed to take him forever to write a simple functionality, such as querying against several tables with simple joins and then output the result in a table.
One thing I would say in ASP.NET's favor is that it forces developers to use a multi-tier approach to their applications, while CF does not. Now, is that a good thing? I am not sure. If you are a disciplined developer who adheres to best practices and OOP techniques, this seems hardly necessary. If you are new to programming, this enforcement does seem to foster good habits. The unfortunate thing is that sometimes companies decide to blame it on ColdFusion, instead of individual developers, when they discover the tangled web of sloppy code written in ColdFusion. It is our responsibility, as ColdFusion developers, to give it a good reputation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329984 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
