Hi, Dave... Yes, Mike's doing that. He's explaining the concept in "non-jargon" terms, then identifying the concept by its proper term. He did that with "encapsulation", for example. Instantiation, also.
I think what he intends, by his approach to teaching, is to teach the concepts first without relying on the unfamiliar terms, thereby avoiding unnecessary initial confusion. Once the reader understands the concept, the label is applied. It's the way I like to teach music... teach the student how to make music first, then tell them what they're doing in standard musical terms. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:53 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Waaahhhh! Why won't my CFC work! > > > For those following this thread ... I've put the step-by-step > > tutorial I mentioned earlier on my company's web site. > > That's very nice of you! > > > And it's been written to specifically AVOID the use of all that OO > > jargon like 'encapsulation' and 'model-view-controller'. It's > > written in terms that people experienced with the more > > traditional procedural code mehods in ColdFusion will understand. > > I haven't looked it over yet, but from reading your description I can only > make one recommendation. > > You don't want to avoid those terms. If you want to understand OO, you need > to understand what those terms mean, so you can carry on conversations with > people who do know those terms and understand what they're talking about. I > agree that you shouldn't explain things only with those terms, but once > you've explained the fundamentals of encapsulation (which you'll do whether > you use the word "encapsulation" or not), you should wrap that part up by > explaining that this is what people mean by "encapsulation". > > For all I know, you are doing that, and I don't want to come off as overly > critical. After all, it's better than any OO tutorial I've posted anywhere. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
