I think that having it as an alternative to QBasic would be great. Budding programmers could choose which course they want. QBasic, which really isn't used anywhere, but teaches the basics, or, ColdFusion, which is used everywhere, has realworld applications, and can be used to teach the basics.
William -- William E. Seiter Have you ever read a book that changed your life? Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com Enter passkey: goldengrove Web Developer / ColdFusion Programmer http://William.Seiter.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: ColdFusion: Some People Just Don't Know Any Better >Adobe should also push to have ColdFusion taught as part of the curriculum >(at least as an elective) instead of ASP.NET, or at least as an alternative. >They should provide free and easy educational materials that teachers can >use to teach CF. Yes, absolutely. It simply has to be out there more for people to learn, and to be cheap or ideally free to learn. A free development version simply doesn't cut it, given what the competition has to offer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
