I think people do take the "easy to learn" the wrong way and it is a bit misleading, it makes it sound too simplistic and perhaps why some people think it is not a real language. The more correct explanation would be "it is really easy to learn the basics". Because all you NEED to learn is a handful of tags of functions and you can develop web apps. However you can't really everything else in that statement, such as OOP, frameworks, CFX tags, tweaking the JVM, or any of the more complex functionality.
Remember that CF was built around simplicity, but has grown way beyond that and now caters for two totally different audiences, beginners and advanced developers. You need to make this clear to newcomers to avoid scaring them off with all the complex stuff. Russ On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au>wrote: > > I have to agree with this. > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:adrocknapho...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 4:22 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: Is Coldfusion losing it biggest asset? > > > > > > Do yourself (and the community) a favor... train a PHP/Java/.NET/Ruby > > developer in ColdFusion if you are struggling to hire someone. CF is so > easy > > to learn you'll likely spend less time training a developer than you > would > > searching for one. Our anecdotal evidence shows that an experienced OO > > developer can be productive w/ CF in less than 3 weeks. > > > > -Adam > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340956 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
