Isn't the fact that they weren't coders what made MySpace and others like it possible? If everyone had to actually learn a language first many ideas would have been lost.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeffr...@pobox.com> wrote: > > The original thing I was calling out was the influence of the MS discount and > misunderstanding of CF at MySpace. But I am not suprised to hear there was > poorly written code there, and it is not CF's fault. In fact, I'm starting to > wonder now how much we (old timers) are responsible for those misimpressions > of CF that linger today. Much of my work has been cleaning up spaghetti > code...and I'm sorry to say some of it was mine. My first CF training was a > 3-day affair, and I think a lot of people got started with things like that. > I kept trying to improve, read CFDJ, went to CFUnited when it started, and > got better. But in those early days before methodologies, frameworks, and > good practices, it was kind of a Wild West of coding, wasn't it? For all our > talk about separating content and presentation, I admit I originally > hard-coded text more than I should have, didn't CFINCLUDE as much as I should > have....although still, I was MUCH better than some people I saw that didn't > understand the principles at all. > > But I still blame people who blame CF when they don't really know what it can > do. Especially today's versions, which some people don't even know exist! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
