lot of the core of what you use every day. For instance, you probably don't
have to look up isDefined or ParameterExists to remember which is the
deprecated one. You probably don't have to look up the syntax for cfquery.
But you might look up the stuff about CFCs for a while until you get it into
your normal routine. And unless you do it regularly, you probably won't ever
know the CFLDAP stuff cold.
Because of the projects and my specialty really being UI, I've been doing
less cf coding. I've got a project now that I should have been done with by
now, but I keep running into basic stupid things that I've just let get
rusty. So I've been flipping the reference around a lot more. But I don't
have to look up the same tags every time.
"Never memorize somethingthat you can look up."
Albert Einstein
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:45 PM
Subject: Do you use the manual?
> I had a rather impromptu interview today. One of the questions got me
> thinking.
>
> I was being asked about the speed of my coding and was waffling a bit
(since
> I honestly don't know how to answer that... doesn't it depend on the
problem
> at hand?) He then refined the question and asked "do you need the
reference
> when you code?"
>
> I answered "Sure." He asked "Why?" and I answered "Why would I want to
> memorize everything in there?" He didn't seem happy with the answer.
>
> It got me thinking. I've always felt that it's more important to know
where
> information is (and be able to get to it quickly) than to "know" it. I
> consider myself a good, fast coder, but I code with a good reference
manual
> at my fingertips (or livedocs.macromedia.com in a dedicated window).
>
> I've never considered this a negative... any opinions? Do you use the
> manual often? Would you hire somebody that did?
>
> It's just something that I've never considered as particularly positive or
> negative until today.
>
> Jim Davis
>
>
>
>
>
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