> I'd have to say if a developer needs to take an exam to learn new features > then > perhaps they aren't a very good developer.
Or perhaps the work they are doing simply doesn't expose them to some of the more esoteric functions of the language that the exam likely covers. Being a good developer has less to do with having memorized every last tag, function and feature, and much more with how that knowledge is applied to solve a problem. I can always look in the docs to get an answer to a syntax question, but the docs don't tell me how to use it to solve the particular problem in front of me - that's where experience and skill comes in. Exams, however, by their nature, tend to be more about reciting syntax and knowing the language in a broad fashion, rather than a deep one. So I can see how brushing up for an exam might give me more than a few "a ha!" moments as I cover aspects of the language I simply haven't had a real world use for, and it's useful information, but whether I knew it or not before hand has little bearing on how well I write software. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264173 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
