Dave i agree completly. questions like that are not appreciated where i am currently! i have found some basic tut's and will go through them. hopfuly i can set up a test env on local machine without needing admin right to instal the JDK. hate being on lockdown. i need to change my outlook as every one has already stated! being paid to learn is a good thing. i should have done that with Java in 2001. things might be different now!
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > so we have some people at the top here wanting us to switch from cf to > > groovy. > > i have no control other then will support all apps until this thing > happens. > > > > so was curious if any one here has done any groovy stuff, and what advice > > they could give to a old man who has done cf since 1998. > > > > i don't want to learn it. but have to. > > so any good books or resources that you know of? > > > > hoping it doesn't happen, or that i find another cf shop before it does. > > A bunch of other people have already replied about the positive value > of learning new things. Remember, this is an industry where you > constantly have to learn new things! Getting paid to learn them > on-the-job is the best possible thing for you, personally. > > That said, it may not actually be the best thing for your employer, > simply because the value of existing code is very, very high, as is > the cost of rebuilding applications in a new language. So, you might > want to ask your employer what value they expect to get from this? > > Honestly, as a consultant, I see this "we're going to rewrite all our > language X applications in language Y", and it's usually just a way > for consultants (like me!) to make money while providing very little > actual value to the organization making the switch. It's true when > people rewrite other applications in CF, and it's true when people > rewrite CF applications in something else. The best approach is to > build new applications in the new environment, and move old > applications to the new environment when they need significant changes > that would be expensive to implement even in CF. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > 1-202-527-9569 > 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:357953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
