I've been asked to do this ("notepad coding") in interviews with
CFML/SQL/HTML/JS/etc and I can usually pull it out.My methods allow me to spend almost zero time fixing typos/syntax errors/etc where I've helped colleagues track down insidious bugs caused by errant keystrokes. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:13 PM, s. isaac dealey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been a CFML dev for 12 years and I still use insight (and/or > > right-click tag & left-click Edit Tag) because I *absolutely do not > > trust my memory and hate to make mistakes*. I know, I know: slightly > > anal/OCD. But I swear I'm wicked-fast. :-) > > That oddly reminds me of my relationship to SQL. I've seen job listings > where the guy writing the ad said "you have to be able to write your own > SQL by hand - if you use the wysiwyg in enterprise manager, don't bother" > On the other side I was working for companies where someone would ask me > to help them with a query and I'd go over to their desk, pop open query > analyzer and have typed out the whole thing with joins and whatnot in a > few seconds. It was natural for me, but the response from the guys I was > working with was "how do you do that?" They were the guys who used the > wysiwyg mostly. I never went to QA to write it by hand out of any kind > of elitism or any attempt to impress people. It was just the way I > learned, so it was easier. Although I will admit it was flattering. :) > These days I do a lot of my own work where I'm not really writing SQL > anymore because it's wrapped up in DataFaucet's object-based abstraction. > > > -- > s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch > isn't it time for a change? > ph: 781.769.0723 > > http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
