I distinctly remember reading in Ben Forta book cfwack, that this issue was brought up and he cleared said that it was a very good tag to use.
if need be I will flip through and try to find the wording if necessary Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:46 AM Subject: Re: CFFORM vs FORM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:42 AM > Subject: RE: CFFORM vs FORM > > > > well, that makes sense for someone proficient in js :) > > for those of us who arent, it really is a blessing. > > > > NOTICE TO ALL WHO ARE NOT HIGHLY PROFICIENT IN JS > > CFMX AND CFFORM TAGS ARE OK !!!! > > I could not disagree with this statement more. > > For the record, I've not yet played with MX...but my comments speak to the > usage of cfform in general. > > 1) You are a professional Web Developer (or some such title that implies the > same). If you're not proficient in js, learn it or risk falling behind the > curve. > > 2) cfform can only do so much. Can you compare two field values to see if > they're equal? Can you say, 'if this field has a value then this field > cannot'? Can you do anything past the basic validation? By learning JS, > you give yourself that ability. By relying on cfform, you are very limited > in what you can do. > > 3) If you truly think having CF do the work for you (in generating its own > JS) is 'a blessing'...you are very wrong. It's a curse because it coaxes > you in to a false sense of security while others around you are moving > forward with javascript and learning numerous other things that can be > accomplished with js. you will always be limited to checking to see if a > field is empty. or if it's numeric. ooooh. blessing. > > Not trying to come down on you. But since you stood on the soapbox and > yelled to the world that it's 'OK' to be in this field (Web Development) and > not be profieient in JS...well, that's your opinion and you're entitled to > it. My opinion is that if you don't know XHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, and > at least one server side scripting language (CF, ASP, JSP, etc)...and are > content to know less...then you're in for a rude awakening. > > Just my $0.02. > > Charlie > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
