LOGO!!! w00t! I recall that, got my teething done on a TI994A. Man that cassette was fast!
Doug On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:43:35 -0500, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just wanted to try and gauge where I'm at right now in > > terms of programming prowess by having everyone offer > > their experience with programming in general and CF. What > > most of you do is pretty amazing to me, so I'd like to > > know where I stand and what I need to do to get more like > > you guys! > > > Me - 2 years programming - 2 years CF > > Programming in general since roughly... 83... > > You probably shouldn't count that -- my folks sent me to a private > school and my dad was working for TI at the time who donated a number > of their computers to the school where we were taught some basic > programming in LOGO in 3rd grade. It's not so much "programming > experience" as it is simply having had exposure from a very early age > at a time when exposure to computers at an early age wasn't > commonplace like it is now with Disney and Sesame Street (iirc > Children's Entertainment Network) branded "learning" video games. > > Several subsequent grade-school and high-school classes which covered > GW Basic and Pascal. > > HTML/JavaScript since 1994, CF/CSS since 1998. > > To be honest most of my JavaScript skills have been acquired more > recently -- I was never fond of it until a few years ago. > > Flash in the last 2-3 years. > > XML -- depends on your definition. IIRC I was using WDDX with CF 4. > Don't remember when that was exactly... though I was a bit slow to > adopt CFMX and the new XML features in it -- less out of a lack of > interest than simply being busy with other things and having a lack of > need for XML. > > I've picked up XSL transformations just in the past month or so and > while I'm no expert, I still think XSL has some "growing up" to do. It > has great potential, but some things like case-sensitivity are just > not well thought out (attribute values, not the names of elements and > attributes -- i.e. type="Hidden" is not the same as type="hidden" when > you're trying to update some legacy html and the only work-arounds are > clunky as of yet). Attributes can be selectively coppied easily > enough, but selectively _removing_ an attribute during a translation > afaik has no easy solution. But now I'm getting off on a tangent. :) > > Java -- I'd only read about it until CFMX -- some years back before I > learned ColdFusion I tought myself enough C++ that I could create and > navigate "linked lists" with it -- a concept which is generally > outmoded now by the advent of readily accessible database access. I > was able to muddle my way through the creation of a small command-line > driven (DOS) application at the time, but never could figure out how > the connection to the interface in Windows applications really worked. > Which may have a lot to do with my having been handcuffed by having > only an outdated version of MicroSoft Visual C++ to work with (as > opposed to something like a later version of Borland C++ Builder). > > I nearly learned Delphi for the purpose of creating desktop > applications -- and there are times even now that I think it might be > nice to be able to build a desktop app, although Java still doesn't > have the shallow learning curve of CF for creating cross-platform > desktop apps, .NET is obviously not cross-platform, and even if I had > a good high-level cross-platform desktop language to build in, I'm not > sure I'd ever find or make the time to actually learn it to create > desktop apps. BlueDragon might actually be that solution (CFML for the > desktop -- they do it from CD, why not?) -- but I've been too busy to > really investigate it. > > But again I digress. My knowledge / experience with OO is more > theoretical than experiential. I am an OO proponent, just not a > zealot. When I first started learning ColdFusion a lot of the things I > worked on with it in my spare time were attempts to reclaim some of > the more useful things I'd learned about OO from teaching myself C++, > which ultimately culminated in my creating an OO implementation in CF > for a content management application I was trying to sell which no-one > ever bought (or used) and then worked its way back around to my > developing the onTap framework for free as a result of some of the > more innovative features of the CMS which actually were not OO > features oddly enough. :) > > anyway, I'm rambling and really should be getting back to work > > :) > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48229&DE=1 > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44477&DE=1 > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=45569&DE=1 > http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48229&DE=1 > http://www.fusiontap.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197385 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
