I agree. My perspective came as one sided as we take on people new to CF and commign from java is fine. ( we don't hire CF people to train them in java )
If we took one of our younger devs from CF and tried to teach them java it would be alot harder if you didn't have a CS background or OO experience in another language. Paul. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Greg Morphis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not really hand in hand both ways... > It goes the way you're talking about yes but take a CF programmer and throw > them to a Java project and it won't be so graceful a move... > The learning curve on the Java side FAR exceeds ColdFusion.. as someone > learning Java, I can attest to this. > You have to know the basics of Java before you can even get started with > "web" programming in Java. > And if the shop you're working with is using a framework, Struts, Spring, > etc.. adds more work. > > So yes, a Java programmer can add a lot to a CF shop, but a ColdFusion > programmer adds nothing but headache to a Java shop (at least at first ;) > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Paul Kukiel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We brought a java dev over to CF. Worked a treat. Basically no training > > required and when we need some java we have an expert. Same as java to > > flex > > and easy transition. > > > > We also use java through out our app and try to use it especialy with > lots > > of string operations as java os sop much faster. They really do go hand > in > > hand. > > > > Paul > > http://blog.kukiel.net > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:18 AM, scott bloodworth < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Have heard that these two skill sets work hand in hand. One can easily > > > learn the other environment fairly easy, is this true? is there a > > benefit > > > in looking for one or the other in employment? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
