Somehow i agree with Irvin :) I've been doing programming since Basica/GWBasic (that's somewhere in early 90 or late 80), and am proficient in coding Java, C++, Delphi, TSQL, PL/SQL and such...
What i love most from CF is it's easy to understand and can do things in 3-4 LOC whereas other languange may need to do the same task with 10x more effort. Personally i will use CF the way i love them. To use OOP, i will directly use Java or C++ instead... Rizal At 08:49 PM 1/12/2011, you wrote: >Coming from a design, not programming, background, I embraced >Coldfusion for all the well-known reasons: easy to use, easy to >learn, easy, easy...you get the idea. > >With the advent of more advanced features, everywhere I go I see a >big push for moving Coldfusion and Coldfusion development into very >complicated frameworks and OOP. The usual reason given is that not >doing so runs the risk of rendering the Coldfusion developer >obsolete in the job marketplace. > >So, my first question: if the reason for going in the direction >suggested is fear of becoming 'unemployable', wouldn't it make far >more sense to move into something more "popular" like PHP, .Net, >etc. right away? Because the same argument can be used to scare even >the most advanced Coldfusion developers: no matter how good you are, >you're still part of a very small minority and doing coldfusion >instead of PHP will make you obsolete sooner or later. > >Second and final question: what's really wrong with a procedural >approach when dealing with medium or small web sites (which I >imagine is the majority of work entrusted to your average Coldfusion >developer)? Is there a legitimate need to learn what *APPEARS* to be >over-complicated and clumsy frameworks and OOP strategies? > >And, please, know i'm not trying to create a flame war. I'm not >pretending to be an expert (I'm not) in Coldfusion matters. I'm just >trying get the real-world perspective of fellow developers far more >experienced and knowledgeable than me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
