I would have to disagree...Our role hasn't really changed a bit...we just got new and better tools to do our job.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Sid M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:04 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Web Developers soon to be extinct? 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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282135 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
