setting up and managing servers is quite different to having a clue about how your app works and some basic web server knowledge. A developer certainly does not need to know the former, but he should at least have a clue about his own development environment and be able to set it up as close as the live environment as possible. A developer is not really like chauffeur, a web designer would probably fit that analogy better, a developer is more like the mechanic. Without some basic understanding of how things work under the hood, both the mechanic and the developer will be relying on a lot of guesswork and luck.
You cannot rely on systems admins as they are not developers, so you will just end up in a "its your code", "no its your server" argument, with neither having enough knowledge to prove otherwise. There is only so many times you can tell your client "change hosts, they suck", before they are going to notice a pattern. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Michael Christensen <mich...@strib.dk>wrote: > > @Russ > > I can certainly tell, that we have very different views as to which > constitutes a quote-unquote developer. > > In keeping with the automotive analogies, I feel that what Raymond is > essentially saying, is that he would not hire you to drive a car, unless > you were a mechanic. > I feel differently about this, as I would rather hire a chauffeur to drive > me around than a mechanic - but this is my personal preference of course. > > Would I expect my chauffeur to be able to diagnose a flat tire and change > it? Absolutely. > Would I expect him to be able to diagnose and fix a problem in the engine > management system? Absolutely not. > > In the same way I personally feel, that although a developer should know > (or be able to deduce) about potential security issues like the ones you > describe, I would not expect him to know about all the internals of the > server. > > If nothing else, I think we can safely say, that Mr. Camden would not > employee me, as I would much rather leave setting up servers and the likes, > to those who specialize in precisely that :) > > (oh and on a side note, I find it very interesing to learn about the > obviously different views expressed in this thread - gives a man something > to ponder) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
