>and am seriously thinking of PHP as well I'd recommend PHP, although switching betwen the two as I do on about a six-monthly basis, I always wish that I could import the best features of each into the other. Not that I would claim to be massively good at either...
Ian W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:39 AM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] The state of ColdFusion in the UK > The most indicative analysis you can make is based on the number of jobs > that are currently being advertised on websites like jobserve.com: > 44 CF jobs 12 contract > 395 ASP.Net Jobs 82 contract > 523 JSP jobs 156 contract > 137 PHP 31 contract > 123 Flash 56 contract > 1245 J2ee 356 contract > 16 ActionScript 8 Contract > > You can then analyse the type of jobs coming up on freelancers.net and > getafreelancer.com (more of a outsource to India) and you will see a major > disposition towards ASP and PHP (primarily PHP). > > You then have to ask yourself where you want to work. I am personally trying > the teleworking route. > > I currently have my head buried in mach-ii (personal choice), asp.net using > VB, Flash for Server Geeks and am seriously thinking of PHP as well. > > What I need now is a time machine :) > > So back to your original question, CF is not so much dead as on it's last > legs as a 'career' move. As a development platform it is brilliant. What > will happen is that employers will decide on CF then try and find people, > fail within the job market and switch technologies BUUUUT it also depends on > what you want as a career. > > Adam > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: stephen RAdams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 14 April 2004 10:05 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] The state of ColdFusion in the UK > > > > > > What do people think of the state of ColdFusion in the UK? I personally > > think that it's a bit poorly supported and promoted by Macromedia. I > > mean we have a very few user groups (which I am not knocking), but I > > think Macromedia could do more to promote ColdFusion as a product to > > both developers (by supporting further the User Groups) and to > > organisations so that the market for CF is bigger in the UK. > > > > Who's using CF in the UK, where is it going, do Macromedia have a plan > > how to support and promote in the UK. It would be nice to know what they > > are doing so we as developers could see how we could help. > > > > What do other UK based developers think? How could we help better > > promote CF in the UK? > > > > Stephen Adams > > Web Developer/Information Sharing > > Community Partnerships > > > > > > > > > -- > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
