RE: Certification exam: Wait for Blackstone?

2005-01-07 Thread Kevin Roche
Hi, 1. It seems so from the insider information I saw. 2. Only for a limited period. I took the CF 5 Exam just before the CFMX release and got a 1 year validation. 3. Don't know of one 4. Wait - unless you have a really good reason for wanting it now. Kevin Roche On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:20:16

Re: Certification exam: Wait for Blackstone?

2005-01-07 Thread Bert Dawson
1. no idea 2. dunno, but i took the exam at CF4.5, and when CF5 came out a few months later i got a new certificate saying i was a CF5 certified (advanced) developer. 3. dunno 4. personally, i would wait. I had a vague plan to take the exam again sometime, but have put this on hold until the cf7 on

Re: Certification exam: Wait for Blackstone?

2005-01-06 Thread Dave Carabetta
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:20:16 -0400, Stephen Lapointe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those with some insider knowledge, some questions about CF certification > and Blackstone: > 1) Will the Blackstone certification exam become available at about the same > time as the Blackstone product release?

RE: Certification exam: Wait for Blackstone?

2005-01-06 Thread Micha Schopman
I would not take the CF certification at all. I have did it once, and the difficulty was very low, I rushed through the examination, and yes I made an error but that was more less boredom than difficulty. Besides, a CF certification doesn't have real value over here, maybe it does have any weight

Re: Fw: OT RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Nick McClure
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:10 PM >Subject: OT RE: Certification Exam > > > > Well since were all being opinionated ill speak along > > the same lines as Simon. > > > > I do not believe in tests such as

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread misty . d . woodward
ge I can get my grubby little hands on! Misty -Original Message- From: shorwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:43 AM To: cf-talk Cc: shorwith Subject: RE: Certification Exam I have been reading this thread, and just wanted to mention that neither the allair

Fw: OT RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread J.Milks
James - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:10 PM Subject: OT RE: Certification Exam > Well since were all being opinionated ill speak along > the same lines as Simon

OT RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Jeremy Allen
Well since were all being opinionated ill speak along the same lines as Simon. I do not believe in tests such as the Allaire Certification, MCSE, Brainbenc, Multiple guess tests, plain and simple. A test like this will do very little to gauge anything as you guys have mentioned but your ability

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Michael Thomas
e in thinking & knowledge on the given subjects at hand but like you said doesnt illustrate that you can write good code. >From: Simon Horwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Certification Exam >Date: F

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Simon Horwith
TED]] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 12:45 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Certification Exam My view really Simon, I really wondered what the people who had done the exam as a ticket punching exercise had gained past a certificate (not that I'm in anyway downgrading the exam or the people who hav

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Stewart McGowan
My view really Simon, I really wondered what the people who had done the exam as a ticket punching exercise had gained past a certificate (not that I'm in anyway downgrading the exam or the people who have done it, I would struggle to pass). Just that I see a lot of certified (and certifiable) c

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Shane Witbeck
very smart) CF Programmers, > >heh >jake > >- Original Message - >From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:12 AM >Subject: Re: Certification Exam > > >> I wouldn't

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Simon Horwith
Stewart McGowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 12:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Certification Exam I wonder if the UK certified doodahs could give me an idea of the advantages of certification? Kind Regards Stewart ~~

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Stewart McGowan
I wonder if the UK certified doodahs could give me an idea of the advantages of certification? Kind Regards Stewart ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: htt

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread Jake Hileman - Patmos
the normal certificate. United Federation of Slow (not very smart) CF Programmers, heh jake - Original Message - From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Certification Exam > I

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread G
From: ibtoad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: RE: Certification Exam > Hey I just passed the Brainbench CF 4.5 certification. What exactly does > that mean? Can I call myself a Certified ColdFusion Developer n

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Todd Ashworth
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:11 PM Subject: RE: Certification Exam > OH goodie got a 4.3 there is hope for me yet... > > > -Original Message- > > From: Shane Witbeck [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Kelly Matthews
OH goodie got a 4.3 there is hope for me yet... > -Original Message- > From: Shane Witbeck [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 11:56 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Certification Exam > > There is a free 40 question CF 4.5 Certificat

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread ibtoad
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Certification Exam One thing to keep in mind is that everyone who has taken the exam is under a non-disclosure agreement with regards to the exam. While a high level overview of the areas to study is reasonable, going much further than

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread misty . d . woodward
o things I found a little irritating. Whats best for you might not be best for me. Just my 2 cents of course... Misty CFCustomtags.com -Original Message- From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:56 AM To: cf-talk Cc: webmaster Subject: RE: Certification

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread David E. Crawford
One thing to keep in mind is that everyone who has taken the exam is under a non-disclosure agreement with regards to the exam. While a high level overview of the areas to study is reasonable, going much further than that is not appropriate. DC -- David E. Crawford Certified ColdFusion Devel

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Shane Witbeck
gt;Hope this helps >Mark W. Breneman >-Cold Fusion Developer >-Network Administrator > Vivid Media > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.vividmedia.com > 608.270.9770 > >-Original Message- >From: Leong Yew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 200

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Matt Rodosky
try www.cfcertification.com , it has sample questions and other resources for getting through the exam. -Original Message- From: Nick Betts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:48 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Certification Exam Hi, I may be going through Allaire certi

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Mark W. Breneman
esday, November 15, 2000 6:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Certification Exam Hi, I'm pretty new to this thread. Not knowing what's transpired, I'm just wondering if anyone who's taken the certification exam could comment on the following: 1. What sort of familiarity are you e

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread Tristram Charnley
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 November 2000 20:20 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Certification Exam > > > > The test is easy enough, especially considering you only > need 60%. Many > of > > the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can > get a decent

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-15 Thread Leong Yew
Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:49 AM Subject: RE: Certification Exam > > The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. Many > of > > the questions are ambiguous so if y

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-15 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. Many of > the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can get a decent > amount wrong. Hopefully they'll change the questions soon. One thing to note is that they have a large bank of questions, so you shouldn't get

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Andrew
Nick: The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. Many of the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can get a decent amount wrong. If you've been coding for about a year or two and are familiar with the majority of CF tags you'll be fine. Look over th

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread David E. Crawford
- Original Message - From: "PEREZ, RICHARD RINGO (SBCSI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 21:38 Subject: RE: Certification Exam > Do you need to take the Advanced CF class to take the certificati

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Jeremy Allen
ssage - From: "Robert Segal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:48 PM Subject: RE: Certification Exam > Know and understand all the concepts discussed in the Fast Track to CF and > Advanced CF Classes. Focus

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Simon Horwith
> -Original Message- From: PEREZ, RICHARD RINGO (SBCSI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Certification Exam Do you need to take the Advanced CF class to take the certification? -Original Message- From: Kevin Schmidt [m

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread PEREZ, RICHARD RINGO (SBCSI)
Do you need to take the Advanced CF class to take the certification? -Original Message- From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 2:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Certification Exam Wouldn't hurt to study structures and error handling. My exa

Re: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Kevin Schmidt
From: "Robert Segal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:48 PM Subject: RE: Certification Exam > Know and understand all the concepts discussed in the Fast Track to CF and > Advanced CF Classes. Focus on t

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Simon Horwith
definitely study up on structures, arrays, and all the other advanced data structures and programming concepts covered in Allaire's advanced class. Other important topics are cookies, session/application/client vars, cfhttp, custom tags, lists, date/list/struct/array functions, basic SQL, etc. Bas

RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-10 Thread Robert Segal
Know and understand all the concepts discussed in the Fast Track to CF and Advanced CF Classes. Focus on the tags and their attributes. Good luck! -Original Message- From: Nick Betts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:48 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Certification E