On Oct 19, 2004, at 6:47 PM, James Holmes wrote: > Yes, I see CF as being targeted at the "end user" rather than > contract-based > developers.
I agree. This is happening -- but i don't think it has been targeted -- just the process of natural selection -- a case of the users defining the market rather than (or maybe in spite of) the manufacturers. > CF gets installed into a lot of Gov and Edu sites and they often > form their own teams to develop and maintain the apps (like in our > case, > where many of the full-time CF developers are in permanent positions > and the > more casual users are still able to do some of the work). The industry > sees > CF as a niche product (ref: Gartner Research) and I think this is > probably > that niche. If CF is relegated to a niche product, then the IT & web development professionals are doing themselves a tremendous disservice. The fact that that CF is easy to learn for a lay person (or incidental developer) does not detract from its power, or applicability to more sophisticated applications. I think that the "end user" interest in CF will benefit the professional developer, in the long term. Dick > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 9:27 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF developer numbers > > Yes, "Times, they are a'changing". > > When I first discovered CF (circa 1998) I could earn $10,000 for a > typical > 1-month project (the same project for the same $ took 3 months in > Perl)/ > > There was lots of business around and I was able to get all the jobs I > wanted. > > But, one of the problems with a system like CF is that it makes > developing > web sites so much easier and so, appeals to many developers of all > levels of > expertise. > > Of course this increases competition. > > I don't have a solution, but I think the life of a contract CF > programmer > has moved on ... > > ...to survive, we must adapt! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:181999 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
