Judah my point exactly.
Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] > Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2011 4:12 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: CF vs. Java Web Developer > > > I'm one of those, probably relatively few, devs that went the opposite route, > starting off in CF and then picking up C#. I didn't do CS in college, actually any > programming at all, but got a math degree so I had the analytical skills at least > and algorithmic thinking. I picked up CF starting with 3.1 and then later on > started picking up OO, AOP, DI and other fun design patterns in the last > couple of years, all in CF. My (pretty much just me) company got acquired by > a shop that is all .NET in C# and so I've also spent part of the 2 or so years > getting up to speed in C#. > > It's been interesting to see what transfers over and what doesn't. I was > ahead of a number of my coworkers when it came to things like doing > dependency injection, using MVC, using generics and using delegates. But I > didn't really have a sense of designing using Interfaces and typing and type > conversion frequently bites me in the ass. > > Anyway, in the end, I think that the important part is finding people who are > able to learn and have a desire to. Then give them the opportunity and > expose them to whatever the evolving best practices are in that particular > language/framework and make sure they have the resources to keep > learning. If you have all that, you'll end up with good devs. > > Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
