Does anyone else feel ashamed for being a CF Developer for years (2001 v. 5.0) and still not knowing (or using) these kinds of "exterior" apps/technologies? *lowers head* I feel like I'm a beginning developer stuck in a time warp or something... So much to look into, so little time, so many fun things to try out... WHERE TO START! LOL... then there's learning and understanding the OO environment on top of that.
Even going to school and learning all these "other" languages (PHP, ASP, Java, C, C#, C++, ...) I still just can't leave CF. I've worked with it too long I don't have the desire to go after anything else. There's just so much more I haven't learned in the CF realm. Not to mention the years of tears learning CF, I don't want to go through that again haha! > Just another direction to think about is Flex. > > I've been a CF'er full-time since 1996 (V 3.1), so believe me when I > say > I LOVE CF! > > Recently I've taken another look at Flex (after dismissing it in the > early days as ridiculously expensive). It is now VERY inexpensive and > I > am blown away at how much easier the GUI side of things is (no more > cross-browser issues for starters). > > Combine it with CF webservices in the back and you are ready to go! > > Oh wait...you can also write AIR apps (although you may need a local > DB > and no CF webservices)....same code and you can now deploy to the > desktop or many smartphones....especially Android enabled. > > Anyways.....just another place to take a peak....I for one can't > believe > it took me so long to get into Flex. > > Cheers > > On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 10:42 -0500, Irvin Gomez wrote: > > > Thanks, everyone for all the different perspectives. I know that if > I were looking at coldfusion for the first time these days, with all > the OOP and framework talk dominating the 'airwaves', I'd probably go > with PHP or something else, because there is no real benefit to > Coldfusion if the learning curve is similar for other scripting > languages (and this is where coldfusion could easily die a quick > death: potential adopters would not see the benefits of going with > coldfusion over more popular alternatives). But I'm a Graphic Designer, > not a hard-core programmer, so, I will continue enjoying all the > powerful stuff coldfusion offers. It's more than enough for the > intermediate-level stuff i do everyday. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:340673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
