Might I jump on this post and add a little? Don't mind if I do. With the CF and Java worlds now closely coupled I think it becomes critically important to begin using the proper terminology for what things are in the software development world. Honestly web developers/programmers are not exempt from using proper terminology in the first place.
I am not naming anyone for doing this, but an architecture, a framework, and a methodology all have well understood meanings in software development. You really can't just use these terms interchangeably. Maybe I am just beating a dead horse here, but I still see grossly misapplied, misleading terminology bantered about on various CF lists rather often. I an not a language nazi or a perfectionist. I really hate when people will accuse other programmers of being an academic simply because that person strives to do things correctly, not even perfectly, just correct. No, I'm not your 3rd grade grammar teacher who will correct you every time you misuse a term. Just based on context, honestly, you can't always tell what something really means. If you dig and look deeper you usually can gain enough contextual information and concrete data to determine what something is. However, for improved communication with the other development communities proper terminology from the start is important. Without communication there can be no transfer of knowledge. Here is how terms get improperly spread throughout a community or group of users: Someone might slightly misuse a term once. And someone else seeing the term slightly misused might take that term in its context and try to determine its meaning. Next that person who tried to figure out what the word meant begins misusing the term due to an incomplete understanding of the term to begin with. Pretty soon you have several levels of indirection that lead to people using terms in a completely new way that does not match with how most of the software industry uses the term. It is just all around bad soup. Some common sense logic applied to trying to join some new group or community and become an accepted member: You have to learn that groups rules and etiquette before you can interact in a manner that will be viewed as completely acceptable by that group. And you have to interact with a new group to really become known and accepted within that group. I know these kind of things seem trivial, and nearly academic, points. When it comes right down to it a lot of trivial and academic points can add up to have a serious impact on things the every day web developer will face from day to day. Anyhow, I will stop off my soapbox now. Jeremy ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
