>On 11/10/2011 8:39 AM, Gerald Guido wrote: > >> Wait.. does that mean that CF is undead? And part of the impending zombie >> Apocalypse? Sweet! >
CF is dying - no matter what the usual suspects say. The sad part is that CF is dying because potential newcomers to the language do not have a thriving community with support for bebinner's issues. Most of the material for beginners is outdate, abandoned or just plain old/ugly. CFLib has been semi-dead (even Ray Camden wrote yesterday how behind he is on queue). Ben Forta's site is despicably ugly - why won't Adobe pay a bit of money to give the man a nice site???? The current CF talk is about OOP and complicated stuff that 99% of the users don't need or understand. The experts have gone "too hard core", scaring away people who could embrace Coldfusion's greatest asset: getting the basics quickly. That's what 99% of sites need: a little procedural code to get the website going without problems. I know I'll be insulted, but the truth must be said: Coldfusion is dying a slow death and there is absolutely no reason why a person entering the web programming arena should go with Coldfusion instead of PHP, for example. I write these words with pain, because I love CF, but the truth is the truth. Now I must go back to finishing my Begineer PHP book (shame on 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:348584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
