As long as people want customized applications with a web front end, web development will never die.... it's up to us to keep up with technology and not become obsolete.
sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -----Original Message----- From: Sid M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:04 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Web Developers soon to be extinct? > >>OK, I know everyone is already familiar with the age old argument > stirred up once again by the <a > href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article. > do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020942">recent > Computer World article</a> > > There have always been such articles about "extinct technologie", even > > in now extinct magazines, like Byte ;-)) To be honest, what I was trying to discuss wasn't that article about CF being on the dead/dying list; I think that discussion has been warn out. What I am interested in is people's views on how web development, as a role, is likely to have to adapt in the near and more distant future. Maybe I should have phrased the question a little better, so apologies for that. It is clear that our role as developers has already changed very dramatically in the last few years... a web developer used to consist of HTML skills, an idea of what a GIF was and maybe a bit of Perl and some basic SQL. Today the role is so much broader and RIAs are now bringing thick-client style features to web apps. CF is more OO than ever before and Open Source is beginning to threaten Microsoft's strangle hold, particularly on the web. In light of all these technologies and the fairly seismic shifts in the options available via the web; what do you think we might find ourselves being employed to do in the near and more distant future? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
