Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
I understand now. ;) Thanks everyone. At 02:11 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote: >I was wrong when I said developers exchangeI meant Experts >Exchange it was my mistake from the begining :( > >Adam H > >On Apr 11, 2005 2:09 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is a specific site, I trie

Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Adam Haskell
I was wrong when I said developers exchangeI meant Experts Exchange it was my mistake from the begining :( Adam H On Apr 11, 2005 2:09 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is a specific site, I tried some random searches on google before > replying earlier. However as luck would ha

Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Aaron Rouse
It is a specific site, I tried some random searches on google before replying earlier. However as luck would have it, I can not find the thing when I actually want to find it. Here is what I thought it was in reference to, now that I found it maybe I am wrong since it is "experts exchange" http

Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread I-Lin Kuo
I may have misunderstood, but I was referring to DevX.com, which is not (I think) Macromedia affiliated. I-Lin Kuo, Madison, WI Macromedia Certified ColdFusion 5.0 Advanced Developer Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer Ann Arbor Java Users Group (www.aajug.org) SUN Top 25 JUG Original Message F

Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
A generic reference, or a reference to a specific one? At 01:54 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote: >I believe it is in reference to a question/answer site online for technical >related issues. It used to always be one of the first links from google when >I would be searching on a specific thing. > >On Apr

Re: Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Aaron Rouse
I believe it is in reference to a question/answer site online for technical related issues. It used to always be one of the first links from google when I would be searching on a specific thing. On Apr 11, 2005 12:37 PM, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm confused... > when you s

Developer's Exchange (was Re: which one of these things is not like the other...)

2005-04-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
I'm confused... when you say "Developer's Exchange" what exactly are you referring to? Normally, I would have assumed the Macromedia Developer's Exchange, but it appears not. At 01:19 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote: >Thier forums are pretty nice. THe nice part is if you participatre >enough you ge

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-11 Thread Adam Haskell
Thier forums are pretty nice. THe nice part is if you participatre enough you ge tthe premium account free. I think I had to be awarded something like 5000 points a month and I got my account for free. Its very easy to get that if you are proficient in Coldfusion perl and java. I could ussually get

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-09 Thread I-Lin Kuo
>Actually another great resource is Developers Exchange...There (atleast were) some very good people on there to help people out. I used to spend most my free time on there prior to finding here, I like this better no loggins and through email ect. The thing of about DevX How are their forums? I

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-09 Thread Douglas Knudsen
ia Dunning > > > > ....-Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:30 PM > > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > > Subject: Re: which one of these things is not like the other... > > &

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-09 Thread Adam Haskell
t; ....Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:30 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: which one of these things is not like the other... > > The best answer to most of these questions is "livedocs". A good > developer knows how to solve problems and find answer

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-09 Thread Adam Haskell
now about valuable resources such > as this list and the family of Macromedia users! > > > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:10 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: which one of these things is

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Connie DeCinko
And never hire a developer who does not know about valuable resources such as this list and the family of Macromedia users! -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:10 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: which one of these things

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On Apr 8, 2005 4:42 PM, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am so glad to hear you say that! I feel it is more valuable to know where > to find the answer and how to apply that knowledge. Anyone can memorize but > can you apply that knowledge? Indeed. During an interview I try to ask

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Connie DeCinko
PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: which one of these things is not like the other... The best answer to most of these questions is "livedocs". A good developer knows how to solve problems and find answers, not how to memorize every useless little attribute of every tag in the book.

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Ian Skinner
: which one of these things is not like the other... The best answer to most of these questions is "livedocs". A good developer knows how to solve problems and find answers, not how to memorize every useless little attribute of every tag in the book. I'll h

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Cameron Childress
The best answer to most of these questions is "livedocs". A good developer knows how to solve problems and find answers, not how to memorize every useless little attribute of every tag in the book. I'll hire someone how participates in the community and knows how to find the answer before someone

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Jeffry Houser
One question from one of these exams that I took sticks out in my mind "How many valid values are there for the action attribute of cfdirectory." a) one b) two c) three d) four e) five (that was the gist of the question, although I may have the wrong tag). How this tests my "real-w

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Damien McKenna
-804-1014 #include > -Original Message- > From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:53 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: which one of these things is not like the other... > > Sounds like Robert Half technologies exame...It was l

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Adam Haskell
Sounds like Robert Half technologies exame...It was littered with CFgrid questions as well as questions like whats the default value for XXX in cf administrator...The one I took for my current position was actually very good I can't remember where it was though :( I do know I placed in the top 5% t

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
CFGRID - When self-loathing just isn't enough. :) Might be better on 7 with the flash version. > I can't imagine ever using it myself, it doesn't take that > much effort > to do what it does manually and better. > CFGRID - for when you are 100% lazy, or hate life. > As for certifications, I nee

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Damien McKenna
r - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Limu Company - http://www.thelimucompany.com/ - 407-804-1014 #include > -Original Message- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:36 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: RE: which one of these things is not like the

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Yeah! Yeah! In a big public forum, where I could dress him up in a tinkerbell outfit and... oh wait... wrong thread... :) I won't be at cfunited unfortunately. I did think it was odd that John interposed the arguments for the replace() function ... Maybe he was sleep deprived or something. > I ju

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> I took a test in February of 2004 in PHP and CFML. I > scored a mid-80's > on the PHP and a low 70's in the CFML. The reason for > this was that the > CFML test used CFGRID a good deal, and I'd never used this > tag as it > wasn't in the book I used to learn CFML X-) Go figure. Several of the

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I just noticed that John Ashenfelter is speaking at CFUnited - perhaps you could give him your opinion of the test at the conference. larry On Apr 7, 2005 11:37 PM, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just took an online test for ColdFusion 5 (I didn't realize when I > talked to the re

RE: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Damien McKenna
I took a test in February of 2004 in PHP and CFML. I scored a mid-80's on the PHP and a low 70's in the CFML. The reason for this was that the CFML test used CFGRID a good deal, and I'd never used this tag as it wasn't in the book I used to learn CFML X-) Go figure. -- Damien McKenna - Web Dev

Re: which one of these things is not like the other...

2005-04-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On Apr 7, 2005 8:37 PM, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just took an online test for ColdFusion 5 (I didn't realize when I > talked to the recruiter that it would be CF5 and not MX or later). I > have to say, the Modis test for CF5 is one of the worst tests I've > seen. I've heard