> From: Jeff Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > We hired a new programmer this week. He's not that familiar > with CF, but he'll get up to speed pretty quickly, and we > wanted to get him some books, but here's where I started > thinking too much... > > He's coming in at a perfect time, with the introduction of > CFMX 7, and he's already installed it at the house (dev > edition) and he's going to really be learning from the ground > up with CFMX 7. > > Do I even WANT to get him any books at this point? He's still > going to have to know the basics of CFMX 6.1 and CFMX in > general, but I wonder how much better off he'd be just > waiting for a CFMX 7 book. I've buzzed amazon, but I can't > really find anything on 7 yet, but I might not be searching right. > > So what would you guys do if you had a new programmer, who's > going to start from the ground up, two weeks after the > release of CFMX 7? We've got legacy stuff that's all written > in CFMX 6.1, and it's not radically different, but I *do* > have to do something in terms of coming up with some kinda > training for this guy...
With all the documentation FREELY available online at MM and on the new guy's box (installed with CFMX 7) I would have him start there. The documentation does follow a nice order so it should be a good, free tool to work off of until some books come out, at which point he may not even need them anymore. Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:195277 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
