> I am sold on Macromedia/Allaire, but that damn -min keeps saying
> stuff that
> makes me think I gotta learn more before diving in. And this might mean
> fundamental changes to how I develop, and the tools I use.
I'm jonsing for a smoke, so perhaps you shouldn't listen too closely to me
these days. Min the Grumpy. But... short term (ie, the next year) I'd say
it's pretty much business as usual. No significant changes. Don't panic.
A year or so out though things get interesting....
I'm not saying the New Macromedia is bad thing. I mainly pointed out Flash
is semi-doomed medium-term as more advanced browser technology becomes
available. If the New Macromedia integrates Flash too tightly with CF (which
will be a temptation) we may have a problem down the road. As long as it can
be ignored, no real problem.
Speaking of problems, the real one with Alliare is they can't seem to
concentrate on the product at hand. First Spectra drains off resources. Then
their new Java-based CF. How about focusing on the CF we're all using NOW?
:)
Not to denigrate Allaire's programmers, I'm sure they work hard, but HELL...
I don't consider my a great programmer by any means, but most of the "bugs"
and other issues that have been plaguing CF for years (especially the tcp/ip
related ones) are things I could probably take care of myself over a long
sleepless weekend with access to the source code. You have to wonder what
their focus is at times. That's what's killing them them. Mismanagement of
resources and priorities.
(Though it does nicely bring about a decent crop of third-party suppliers of
work-arounds. Although it may not be obvious at first, this does help to
further the market base of a product as all these middleman will also push
CF because it's in thier economic interest to do so.)
> Watch competitive tools. For application servers in order of preference.
> 1.) Zope 2.) ASP 3.) PHP
Zope & php. Not irrevelant, but... never will be mainstream. PHP probably
will take the place of Perl in most geek hearts though. Worth a weekend to
become "familiar" with. You'll probably have to deal with it occasionally.
ASP & ASP.NET. Going to be there and relevant as long as MS says it will be.
You should be able to read ASP+ even if you never use it. I can almost
assure you that at some point you'll either have to convert ASP code to CF
or integrate a CF site with one written in an ASP. Frankly, any serious web
developer should know both CF & ASP.
--that damn min :)
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