Gary Menzel wrote: > Do you stiffle progress for stability?
Well, if such a stark choice had to be made, I'd go for the option that would deliver the most benefits, and right now for me at least, consolidation is preferable to progress. Ignoring my own situation, I'm willing to bet that the average developer is better off fine-tuning what they have now, rather than rushing off to jump on the latest acronym bandwagon. (The guys I know who have done the most innovative work and have been most productive using CF over the last few years were still using v5.0 as of late last year).
As for sticking with what you know. Well yes, many will, but that's not a solution for a shrinking community.
I understand that there's a tension between the benefits of stability and the inevitability of change. All the same, as far as the perfect framework goes, there never will be one -- and that was behind my comment about the perfect being the enemy of the good. I'm willing to bet that someone who can't make today's framework work for him/her will have just as many issues with tomorrow's :)
I'm not so much attempting to be King Canute, rather just questioning both the pace and value of the rate of change.
John, have just seen your latest posting. Thanks for your response. Gary Menzel wrote:
Do you stiffle progress for stability? I would think if there was a "perfect" framework out there, then there would be no need to develop new ones. Just like if there was a perfect coding language we wouldn't have the choice we have. But there is no perfection - only continual improvement. There is a simple solution though - just stick with what you have if it works for you, but if it doesn't work then build something new. Regards, Gary ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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