My suggestion though we will likely
all have unique one is:
- Use the first WACK to get an
idea of all the things CF can do and help you understand the language
(particularly components)
- Get really familiar with the
livedocs for CF to search up tags that you won't remember 100% (you
don't use every tag every day so reading the book won't always give you
the most knowledge for your time)
- Get into a framework
Research a few frameworks a bit (I would suggest Fusebox, Model-Glue,
and Mach-II)
Get into them well enough that you can find your way around, but learn
at least one very well.
Knowing one of them well, will likely make the transition to the others
very easy (at least it did for me)
- Use the knowledge you have about
HTML / Ajax already to get you that first job so you can start building
experience with someone. You already have a passion for learning
everything, so you are a great candidate for a Junior developer because
a company has the opportunity to mold you a bit more to their needs as
you help them.
- Start learning Flex on your
off-time. Its easy to learn, but AS 3 is a different level of
complexity than CF due to its different purpose, so there are a wide
range of levels you could go with it. The deeper you get into Flex, the
deeper you will get into ActionScript 3.
AIR
AIR is simply of an extension of what you will already know. You can
use your HTML/AJAX/Flex skills to build application using it. All of
the AIR specific functionalities are extensions to ActionScript and
_javascript_ for AIR so nothing new other than the API itself.
Scorpio
For the most part, Scorpio is adding tools to the CF language that you
don't already have. It makes jobs that were harder in previous versions
easier, so in most cases, other than finding the cffeed tag when you
need to make/read an RSS feed, etc., you won't have to spend a lot of
specialized time if you are developing for it. Beyond that, learning
some of the syntax benefits etc. will take minimal time (probably
already for you since you've been coding for a year already in CF).
Administration is also much more robust in Scorpio, but as a Junior
dev, that is probably not as much a concern yet.
Hope this helps,
Mike.
Jimmy Harrell wrote:
Okay I'm pumped and full of questions ...
I have an interest in
1.Finishing both of Ben Forta's Application Construction Kit Books
cover to cover. Currently I'm on the first book and I've only gotten as
far as Chapter 19 of 38 (plus Apendixes). I probably would have
finished the first book by now but about 3 months ago I took a break to
learn/master the latest CSS techniques & relearn _javascript_ thanks
to all the ajax libraries. Now that I"m done with that I'm back on the
Construction Kit books. However now there is a myriad of things I want
to learn which include.
2.Flex 3
3.Application Frameworks(probably MachII)
4. CFEclipse and Eclipse in General
5. Apollo(now AIR)
6.Flash ActionScript3.0
7. Photoshop Advanced
8.Scorpio.
Problem is.... I don't know what order I should approach to all the
books I've got, but I believe it's safe to say finish up the
Application Construction Books first right? Or should I start on Flex
or a framework or even Eclipse before that? I've mastered Dreamweaver 8.
On top of it all every employer I talk to is wanting someone who wears
all these hats or it seems they won't bring you on or even consider you
as a junior developer w/o at lest the Frameworks and CFexperience.
By the way I am looking for a junior level CF developer position for
those of you posting jobs.. Been doing CF about 1 year + on my own and
only about 6 months OTJ experience with CF.
Jimmy L. Harrell
MBA: E-Business
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