I use it at home and at work. For me it is a "nice-to-have" but probably not worth $300. I know a few developers who tried it and went back to CFEclipse. The only reason I like it is for some of the RDS and ORM functionality. I wouldn't miss it if it was gone.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Michael Firth <[email protected]>wrote: > > Mmmmm. So how exactly does one afford the best tools when they don't have > the dollars? Easy to say when you got a job. You say people at Adobe have > to eat, but most people at Adobe also make 60-80000 easily. > > And if your a developer the educational use is of no real benefit because > if I remember that was only for college students. > > I am surprised that nobody has really tried to say why cf builder is so > good likes it features. in other words, nobody has really provided a good > reason as to why should I invest in it. > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > > >> Contrary to popular belief not everybody makes the big bucks. > > > > In that case, it's even more important to have the best tools you can > afford. > > > >> What would be nice to see some sort of discount for developers or trim > it > >> down like they do for the server so that use developers can at least > practice using it. > > > > It would be nice if unicorns shit rainbows too. But people at Adobe > > have to eat just like everyone else. And I don't think they could > > easily differentiate between "practice" and "real" coding. > > > > That said, Adobe has offered bundling - buy CF server, get two or > > three seats of CF Builder. Adobe's also offered Flash Builder for free > > to unemployed developers, and ColdFusion Builder free for educational > > use: > > > > http://freeriatools.adobe.com/ > > > > If you have a valid student ID, you're good to go. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341281 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
