True. But I'm not saying _not_ to teach C# and Java for overall CS skills. I'm saying after the general knowledge of CS is taught, colleges should focus on web applications as they make up the majority of the jobs. There are quite a bit of skills that need to be aquired to develop enterprise web applications. I'm just saying that in the many times I worked with fresh CS students, they were not equipped to develop web applications as someone who had been using CF for a few years.
Regardless if its CF, .NET or J2EE. There are completely different skill sets in web development vs desktop development. Universities seems to focus heavily on desktop development, even though the vast majority of the students will end up in a job writing web applications. So yes there are alot of fundamentals gained in desktop development, but there are also alot of skills lacking for web development. -Adam On 5/5/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CS programs don't worry where the output is going to, only the result. Web > applications are only a subset of programming. The skills gained in college > are transferable to any application type. > > Furthermore, web programming does not usually use the skills learned at > higher levels (and CF in particular)- pointers - memory manipulation - > garbage collection - deep copy - data structures - sorting algorithms - file > structures - language compilation. This is the stuff used by those who > write ColdFusion, C#, PHP, Adobe Photoshop and other applications. > > Anyone knowing these things could easily pick up ColdFusion. The reverse is > certainly not true. > > The knowledge gained by CS students is mainly theory, but that student can > display greater breadth of knowledge of computing than someone just armed > with a CFWACK. > > - Matt Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CFMX: Dissed by Breeze and FlashLite? > > But C# and Java are taught in the area of desktop application > development. Colleges do not do enough to teach web application > development, which is where ColdFusion would be a useful medium. I > don't have any exact numbers, but I can only imagine that more web > applications are being developed than desktop applications in the > corporate enviornment. So why are all the CS students graduating with > knowledge that only helps them in the minority of jobs? > > -Adam > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205673 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
