And on cue here comes the trolls.
Wil Genovese One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. On Nov 10, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Irvin Gomez wrote: > >> On 11/10/2011 8:39 AM, Gerald Guido wrote: >> >>> Wait.. does that mean that CF is undead? And part of the impending zombie >>> Apocalypse? Sweet! >> > > CF is dying - no matter what the usual suspects say. The sad part is that CF > is dying because potential newcomers to the language do not have a thriving > community with support for bebinner's issues. Most of the material for > beginners is outdate, abandoned or just plain old/ugly. > > CFLib has been semi-dead (even Ray Camden wrote yesterday how behind he is on > queue). Ben Forta's site is despicably ugly - why won't Adobe pay a bit of > money to give the man a nice site???? > > The current CF talk is about OOP and complicated stuff that 99% of the users > don't need or understand. The experts have gone "too hard core", scaring away > people who could embrace Coldfusion's greatest asset: getting the basics > quickly. That's what 99% of sites need: a little procedural code to get the > website going without problems. > > I know I'll be insulted, but the truth must be said: Coldfusion is dying a > slow death and there is absolutely no reason why a person entering the web > programming arena should go with Coldfusion instead of PHP, for example. I > write these words with pain, because I love CF, but the truth is the truth. > Now I must go back to finishing my Begineer PHP book (shame on me!). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:348585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
