> I think a lot of people in the CF community would agree that > there are quite a few non-programmers in this community.
Writing CF is programming. While there may be many people whose first programming experience is with CF, once they start building applications they are programmers. Whether they are competent or not is another question. > I'd sure hope so - that's exactly what I was saying. They can > learn to be competent. You've confirmed exactly what I said. Unfortunately, that is not what you said. Here's what you said: "Stuff like that is not within the reach of the average programmer. Sorry, but that's a fact of life." I disagree with that. > Which is exactly what I'm saying: you use protected or even > private programmers to build this stuff and then public > programmers to maintain it. However, my point was that these "public" programmers, once they learned the technology, could then use it not just to make minor modifications, but to extend the application or even build a similar application from scratch! We had plenty of people who, once exposed to the concepts, understood them fully and could use them. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199375 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
