> That would require a classroom with powerful enough computers > that can run CF. That's a pretty large investment. I know > in my university, all the students have laptops, so it would > be a lot easier to have a shared server and have all of the > students put their work there.
CF will run just fine on any laptop made in the last few years. I'm able to run CF on my laptop, which has a Core Solo processor, 1 GB of RAM, and Vista. > It would also teach them more about what goes on in the real > world ... In the real world, people buy CF licenses. One CF Standard license would be sufficient if you really needed a shared server. I'm not sure what the EDU pricing is for that, but I imagine it's not too expensive - it'll probably be cheaper than the dedicated server hardware needed. > ... as most developers develop straight on the server, and > a lot of times straight on the productions server. Because people develop on production servers? That's a lousy justification for classroom setup. > Having each student install CF and IIS or apache on their own > PC might be a bit of a pain, and laptops in general are not > very good choice for running CF servers, although I know some > people are doing it, including me. You don't need a separate web server for development. It's very easy to install CF using the built-in web server. > Those who are just taking this as a class, might not appreciate > their laptop slowing down because of CF though. They could easily be taught how to manually start and stop services, I think. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298483 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
