Perhaps I have joined this conversation too late to participate. However, I'm wandering: What is the purpose of this thread? At first I thought it was a discussion about Fusebox. Or is it a discussion about "web architectures"?
-Oh well, seems to be dieing out anyway. Drew On 4/29/02 11:55 PM, "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For the beginner my friend, in layman's terms. Seriously. >> I am paying attention, and I am never so close minded that >> I cannot be swayed, but truth be told I heard a bunch of >> buzzwords, and some stuff that I should probably know more >> about. > > One of the problems with learning programming, in my opinion, is that there > are a lot of separate, distinct topics that you have to understand before > you can make sense of the whole. To me, this is an example of that. I think > that Matt would be hard-pressed to summarize these points well enough that > someone without the right background would understand them. Of course, I'll > leave that up to him to decide! > > I realize that this may strike you as a cop-out, but I think that it's an > accurate assessment. These ARE things you should know more about, but > they're things that don't crop up as obvious issues in most CF development, > because of the nature of CFML. It's a very loose, easy language. What I've > learned of that list of buzzwords, I didn't learn until I forced myself to > learn it, by dint of learning OO programming and multi-tiered environments - > and there's quite a bit of it that I still don't know. Furthermore, until > you've exposed yourself to these other environments and languages, you may > not see the relevance for CF development, but it's there. > > In the meantime, feel free to use Fusebox if it helps you do your job > better. Do whatever you like, if it helps you do your job better. Just > remember that it's a big world out there, and the broader your perspective, > the easier it'll be for you to see the connections between things and why > those connections matter. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
