I guess, but then u still have that situation I mentioned, where someone who knows nothing about CF can use the study guide to pass the exam with flying colors, so does I guess for people who do know CF, it promotes you to learn more, for the rest, it just teaches you how to pass the test.
I did buy an MSCE book, but you have to be a lot more committed for that I think, cozz its a huge book :-) Snake -----Original Message----- From: "Michael Traher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:08:14 +0100 Subject: Re: macromedia certification > Some developers need to have some specific motivation to do this :-) > > The certification process provides that. > > On 4/28/06, Russ Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well when I started CF I just went through all the docs to get a > grasp on > > ALL tags and functions, so that I would know they were there if I > ever > > needed them. > > Needed needed any additional books for that. > > I would however say that you need to have some JAVA knolwedge these > days > > to be a CF expert, as it has most definately gone beyond just CFML. > > > > I wouldn't imagine many people have used CFLDAP, I never have, or > CFPOP > > for that matter. > > > > Snake > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:54:01 +0100 > > Subject: RE: macromedia certification > > > > > Mike I was going to say the same thing, but looks like you beat me > to > > > it - > > > but I agree - I think the value in doing certifications is in being > > > exposed > > > to every corner of the language so even if you've never used cfldap > or > > > cant > > > remember what a distinguished name is you are aware that there > > > something in > > > the product which can be used. > > > > > > Out of curiosity I wonder what tags/functions are the leased used. > > > Perhaps > > > the "forever depreciated but never actually removed" > parameterExists() > > > ;-) > > > > > > Kola > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Michael Traher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 27 April 2006 23:05 > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: Re: macromedia certification > > > > > > > > I agree with Christophe. > > > > > > > > What the studying for the certificate does do is force you to > look at > > > the > > > > whole CF product, every tag and function. I think there is value > in > > > that > > > > process as it broadens your knowledge. > > > > > > > > In addition it makes you more precise since the questions are > > > annoyingly > > > > finicky, so you have to bother (at least while you study) to know > the > > > little > > > > details. > > > > > > > > For these reasons I encourage our developers to take the test. > > > > > > > > Certainly I agree it does not signify how skilled a developer you > > > are, or > > > > whether you will be an asset to a team or not since these are > more > > > complex > > > > issues, that can not be tested by a few multiple questions. :-) > > > > > > > > On 4/27/06, Russ Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > its called cfbuster i believe. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Christophe Maso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > > > > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:12:43 -0400 > > > > > Subject: Re: macromedia certification > > > > > > > > > > > Speaking of the CF Cert test - has anyone heard of a > preparation > > > > > > product called "testbuster"? I thought I saw something about > > > that > > > > > > linked off of the Macromedia site some time back, but can't > seem > > > to > > > > > > retrace it. > > > > > > > > > > > > On cert tests in general, sure, in the end they don't prove > much. > > > I'm > > > > > > having fun studying for the CF exam, though - getting > exposure to > > > a > > > few > > > > > > advanced features I've never had to use on the job, as well > as a > > > couple > > > > > > smalls tips and tricks I didn't know about before. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mike T > > > > Blog http://www.socialpoints.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239035 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
