Re: [CFCDev] Witnessed the power of CF

[John Paul Ashenfelter]

> However, seriously, the code you posted isn't difficult to work through but
> actually does require quite a bit of sophistication to do.

Not to be a pain, but I googled asp send mail and had 3 hits in the top 5 showing how to use CDONTS to send mail in ASP. That doesn't really demonstrate a lot of sophistication, at least IMHO.

> (I know that you were just responding to the "ugly" comment... but it got me
> thinking.  Bear with me... or ignore me.  Either one, really.)  ;^)
 
> Having to know both that an object is needed AND which object is needed
> (especially with such a completely appropriate name!) shows a rather
> advanced level of understanding.
>
> > Mail.To="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > Mail.From="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > Mail.Subject="Test Subject"
> > Mail.Body="Test Body"
>
> Setting properties (and knowing how and what properties can be set) is
> another "new" concept for HTML users.  It's not that it's hard, of course,
> just (at least initially) confusing.

So you're arguing that setting properties is "advanced" and therefore CF is better? I pity the developer who inherits the code that's going to be written in CF by this person who can't figure out how to set properties. As an aside, a suprising number of "normal" office workers, like secretaries, admin assistants, and biz analysts know how to set properties on MS objects since many build macros to handle common MS Office tasks.

And of course any web *designer* knows a smidgen of CSS, which is all about properties.



> You really can get quite a bit of useful work out of CF without requiring
> any programming knowledge or concepts.  (How well that trend continues into
> more advanced constructs is debatable of course.)

Assuming you need simple one-offs (send this email) -- anything of any complexity requires setting up datasources, writing SQL, etc.
 
> I feel strongly that those concepts are useful and well worth knowing, but
> many people just don't need them to get the job done with CF.

That holds true for the simplest possible tasks. And $1200 (CF license) to send an ocassional email seems like a lot compared to googling "asp send email", cut/pasting the tutorial, and moving on with the work.

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John Paul Ashenfelter
CTO/Transitionpoint
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