The real issue I would have is that, as far as I can tell, the framework isn't actively maintained. Does anyone know if there is ongoing development on the Plum framework and tools?
Even if there is, I'd recommend looking at one of the more mainstream frameworks like Model-Glue, Fusebox, Coldbox, or Mach-II. You might as well make it a marketable skill if you're going to take the time to learn a framework. No disrespect to Adam and David who clearly put a lot of work into Plum, but I don't think it was ever adopted by wide audience. On Feb 6, 2008 2:18 PM, Gerald Guido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where do I start.... > > Nothing personal, in fact Plum looks pretty slick, but... > > 1) Filling out Wizards will not teach you how to ColdFusion or any other > language. Quite honestly if that is your approach you would be better off > using DreamWeaver (DW) from Adobe or Downloading or Visual Web Developer > Express from Microsoft and delving into some of their online tutorials. > > 2) Learning to program buy using a framework and filling out wizards will > teach you how to use the framework/wizards and not the language ifself. > Learning ROR does not teach you Ruby any more than Using DW's GUI builder > teach you html or CSS. > > To start I recommend: > http://learncf.com/ > http://www.cfoop.org/ > > Those are just my opinions. > > > > On Feb 6, 2008 11:28 AM, Mark Fuqua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Benign > > > > I'm sure everyone on this list will say yes to learning oop right away. > > Well, almost everyone. I'll point you instead to > > productivityenhancement.com where you can download a framework called > > PLUM. > > Plum is a framework that uses the best of what coldfusion was designed > to > > be...a quick, easy to learn, scripting language that makes extensive > use > > of > > custom tags. > > > > Download plum, work through the tutorials you'll be building scalable, > > robust applications in half the development time as the more seasoned > oop > > developers do. Plum makes extensive use of CFC's, but it also has a few > > dozen custom tags that make development much faster and easier to learn > > and > > creates a natural procedural/oop hybrid framework. Not only will you be > > up > > and running much faster, but as you delve into the framework's code, > > you'll > > learn, by osmosis, best practices for coldfusion development. > > > > When you are ready to learn oop, start with an oop language (oop + > > coldfusion is a bit of a hack), like AS 3.0 or java or .net/c#. > > > > Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:38 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: CFC, YES OR NO > > > > > > Hi: > > I am using CF for while now but I have no other programing background. I > > used Lynda.com video tutorials to learn CF and some other online > tutorials > > like EasyCFM.com. Several days efore I recieved two new CF8 tutorials > from > > Lynda.com(Lynda.com ColdFusion 8 Essential Training | Lynda.comColdFusion > > 8 > > Beyond the Basics) but I got confused completely! David Gassner the > tutor > > has a complete plan to talks about many corners of CF but he starts > using > > CFCs very soon at the middle of the first tutorial. He mentions you can > > never use CFCs and make all the application using simple CF tags but > > knowing > > CFCs helps you make it more reusable and manageable. I found CFCs VERY > > confusing for myself. I tried to learn it but I didn't get it > completely. > > Maybe because I have no programing background with other languages other > > than HTML. What do you think? Should I learn it? Does it gradually > become > > the core of CF programing to use CFCs? Please write me your opinions, > > knowledge and experiences about the subject. > > Thanks > > Benign > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
