As strange as this may sound in light of normal developmental thought
processes... I like to re-invent the wheel... each time I do, I get a
better, more efficient, and sometimes a much better looking wheel... of
course I don't do this all the time, and I may use a function or two that
somebody else wrote, but I've always written my own applications. It's why
I'm a developer... I love developing...
At 02:37 AM 4/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
>:o)
>
>Hi Peter. I certainly understand where you're coming from. After 3 years of
>doing some solid CF work, I'm very capable of building most of the stuff
>that I need. I'm just an advocate of code reuse. If there's something out
>there that helps me reduce my coding time, I'd like to take advantage of it.
>I really hate reinventing the wheel.
>
>Thanks for the feedback...
>
>Rey...
>Certified Allaire Instructor
>Member of Team Allaire
>
>"A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Tilbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:59 AM
>Subject: RE: Note passing system?
>
>
> > As a side note - if you have an idea for your application - do it! Do not
> > expect someone else to have already written the code for you. CF makes
> > coding easy. If you are worried about the code have trusted people try and
> > break it. Spend at least 3 weeks with beta testers on trusted code. You
> > would be amazed at how the feedback either picks up problems or points
>out,
> > even unobtrusively, better ways to accomplish a task.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Tilbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2001 15:33
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: Note passing system?
> >
> >
> > I implemented the same thing for the new Friends Plus site. The beauty of
> > the system is that nobpdys email address is released.
> >
> > We could be draconian and introduce full auditing but it has not been
> > necessary yet. The user remain anonymous and their email address is never
> > released unless they give it out.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2001 14:57
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: Note passing system?
> >
> >
> > Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One where I
> > can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have
> > them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would
> > allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application.
> >
> > Rey...
> > Certified Allaire Instructor
> > Member of Team Allaire
> >
> > "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Begovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: Note passing system?
> >
> >
> > > Sounds like you want a project management tool.
> > >
> > > We have an internal system here we use to parse out work. Basically the
> > > client/project manager submits an item to a form and it appears on the
> > > necessary persons desktop based on who they select. They see the item,
>do
> > > the work, mark their time, and reply via the form. It's a great project
> > > management tool and it keeps track of correspondence.
> > >
> > > Building a system like your describing isn't too difficult, it's just
>time
> > > consuming. We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but we've
> > > found them lacking. As a development shop we have found that when we
>need
> > > some additional functionality we build it on. The current system we
>have
> > > now has grown out of several developers efforts in the past two years to
> > > incompass project managment, billing, contacts, work requests, logging,
> > and
> > > a host of other things.
> > >
> > > A third party too may save you time in the short run, but in the long
>run,
> > > it'll probably lacks the additional functionality you want. I recommend
> > > buiding your own system, keeping in mind you want to be able to add
> > > additionally functionality in the future.
> > >
> > > - Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:07 PM
> > > Subject: Note passing system?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking
> > > about
> > > > an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will
> > allow
> > > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they
> > can
> > > > check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an
> > > email
> > > > system per se.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Rey Bango...
> > > > Certified Allaire Instructor
> > > > Member of Team Allaire
> > > >
> > > > "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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