I would recommend taking a look through http://compiledammit.com/. It is authored by a group of ex-CFers who have moved over to Groovy land. They have a series of posts that are written specifically for CFers, too.
And +infinity to learning on the job. HTH On Mar 17, 2014 10:12 AM, "morchella" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:357955 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
