On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:03:15 -0500, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Programming is relatively hard, compared to many other occupations!
I think a lot of people in the CF community would agree that there are quite a few non-programmers in this community. > We have been developing applications like this for years. I'm not saying that *no* CFers can do this. > Typically, the initial development would be done by extremely > skilled people, but we would regularly bring on developers to maintain (and > extend) these applications. Which is exactly what I'm saying: you use protected or even private programmers to build this stuff and then public programmers to maintain it. > These developers would typically be competent, > but relatively inexperienced with DHTML development. Agreed. > And yet they would be > able to learn what they needed to successfully maintain the applications! > Imagine that! I'd sure hope so - that's exactly what I was saying. They can learn to be competent. You've confirmed exactly what I said. But you wouldn't expect them to be able to write it from scratch, right? That's the purview of the "extremely skilled" to use your words. > Wise words, I'll agree. But I'm not sure that's what he was saying, and it > sure isn't what you said above. Apparently it is since we seem to be in violent agreement on most points... -- Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/ Team Fusebox -- http://www.fusebox.org/ Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199373 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
