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23Promoting CFML Outside of the CFML Community - Results
Posted By: Brian Meloche; Posted At : June 23, 2008 11:25 PM
Related Categories: ColdFusion, Speaking, Conferences
It was incredible what came out of my Promoting CFML Outside of the CFML Community session Friday evening. We think some of these ideas are a call to action for the CF developer community.
Group 1 - Promoting CFML to New Developers
Team Consisted of:
- John Farrar
- Rick Mason
- Dana Tierney
- Ezra Parker
- Jeff Coughlin
- Brian Swartzfager
You can ready the summary at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcdhg6m6_27dnzqx5gs
Group 2 - Promoting CFML to PHP Developers
Team Consisted of:
- Adam Tuttle
- Timothy Farrar
- Seth Bienek
- Dee Sadler
- Ken Auenson
- Chris Hough
- Adam Howitt - adamhowitt@gmail.com
You can read the summary at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcdhg6m6_26frtdsbv8
There is also all of the raw ideas that came out of the session. Expect blog entries from the teams which show those in more detail.
I made the move from PHP to CF just over a year ago, and whilst the move was dictated by a new job I do actually prefer CF. Bearing in mind that I was using PHP4 some of the USPs that I can think of for CF over PHP are:
* APPLICATION scope (onStart, persistence of variables etc.)
* XML handling is far nicer
* easy consumption/creation of webservices
Maybe it's time for a generic CFML site?
@James: We welcome the feedback.
Just to be clear, we went after two targets, but would go after more than just new and PHP developers if a site is created a site like the one we are proposing. So yes, JavaScript developers would be included.