On Feb 7, 2008 2:29 PM, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. It would also teach them > more about what goes on in the real world, as most developers develop > straight on the server, and a lot of times straight on the productions > server.
CF runs pretty well on even older machines. Remember this is just one person hitting one app server. > > 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. Those > who are just taking this as a class, might not appreciate their laptop > slowing down because of CF though. Um, if they are in school learning to be a web developer, than frankly they need to deal with it. The same would apply to PHP as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
