I don't know, I've programmed Assembler, FORTRAN, C/C++ and many others. Java has a funky way of doing things as far as I am concerned.
Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: > > This is only true if they have not been exposed to other languages to begin > with, programming is not just about the language you are programming in. But > the logical flow of the code, to say that a CF developer would not be able > to go to Java is not true. They might struggle if they don't have an > analytical approach to any language, but I have seen CF developers learn > grails/groovy and hundreds of other languages like Rails. > > But yeah if you're a designer and have picked up CF then sure that would > make it a touch more difficult, but I have even seen designers pick up Java > with ease because they can approach it in the right manner. > > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wil Genovese [mailto:jugg...@trunkful.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 5:08 AM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: CF vs. Java Web Developer >> >> >> If a person does not know Java there is a steep learning curve. The > reverse is >> not true, ColdFusion is relatively easy to learn. Thus a Java programmer >> would typically have an easier time transitioning to ColdFusion than the >> reverse scenario. All the typical qualifiers in place (on average, > typical, only >> applies to some, but not all, etc.) >> >> >> Wil Genovese >> Sr. Web Application Developer/ >> Systems Administrator >> CF Webtools >> www.cfwebtools.com >> >> wilg...@trunkful.com >> www.trunkful.com >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
