Showing posts with label ColdFusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ColdFusion. Show all posts
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CFBuilder error
It might be at the Eclipse level. I'm just posting it here because I couldn't find anything on the web. When trying to create a new ColdFusion project in CFB2, I got a dialog box with the title "Error occurred while creating the ColdFusion project" and the message "Invalid project description." Earlier I had tried to delete a project and run into some serious issues (not even going there!), and that previous, supposedly deleted, project was still showing in the project list. I didn't want to touch it (because of said serious issues), so I didn't bother trying again to delete it. Apparently it was in some corrupt state that was preventing me from creating a new project. Once I deleted it, creating the new project worked as expected.
Monday, June 8, 2009
OO and the Lone Programmer
Marc Funaro's first blog post and all its responses and comments are inspiring my first blog post. I don't want to hijack someone else's space to state my inflated $0.02 worth.
I too am a lone developer, of sorts. I work in an IT department; there are other programmers including some excellent database gurus. But the one other CF programmer in the department doesn't work with others, and let's just say he and I program differently. I have a Master's in Computer Science, some general knowledge of the theory of OO, the tiniest bit of coding experience with OO, but NO experience architecting using OO concepts. I completely empathize with Marc. OO is tough to learn. When you're working alone and trying to learn it (anything new, really) and make the decision about when to use it vs. what you already know without the support of more knowledgeable co-workers, you're really in something of a catch-22. You need to learn on a rather small project, so you have to 'force' it. By doing so, you haven't really experienced the true value of OO that primarily comes from using it on large projects. And for me, working here alone, having never used CF in a team environment, I'd venture to guess that I have not yet even approached a 'large' project. And given my job duties in addition to developing, I may never do so (at this job). So what's a girl (or guy) to do?
I'm very interested in becoming more involved with the CF community but have found that very difficult to do from this isolated (CF-wise) location. I attended CFUnited last summer and met some wonderful people and know so much more about whose sites and blogs to turn to for information. I have joined the Online CFUG and try to attend presentations live when possible. Others I watch later when the recordings are posted. I won't be able to attend CFUnited this year (please vacation in Virginia so that our state budget will improve:-) ). I do plan to follow what's going on via blogs and Twitter. The involvement is gradually happening.
I'm especially interested in connecting with others who work in similarly isolated conditions. My comments have been prompted by this OO debate, but I'm not saying OO is terrible or OO is the wonder tool. I'm saying it's a tough tool to learn and even tougher when you have fewer people to bounce ideas off of. So bounce, don't flame, and contact me if you have ideas about other issues that "lone programmers" face.
I too am a lone developer, of sorts. I work in an IT department; there are other programmers including some excellent database gurus. But the one other CF programmer in the department doesn't work with others, and let's just say he and I program differently. I have a Master's in Computer Science, some general knowledge of the theory of OO, the tiniest bit of coding experience with OO, but NO experience architecting using OO concepts. I completely empathize with Marc. OO is tough to learn. When you're working alone and trying to learn it (anything new, really) and make the decision about when to use it vs. what you already know without the support of more knowledgeable co-workers, you're really in something of a catch-22. You need to learn on a rather small project, so you have to 'force' it. By doing so, you haven't really experienced the true value of OO that primarily comes from using it on large projects. And for me, working here alone, having never used CF in a team environment, I'd venture to guess that I have not yet even approached a 'large' project. And given my job duties in addition to developing, I may never do so (at this job). So what's a girl (or guy) to do?
I'm very interested in becoming more involved with the CF community but have found that very difficult to do from this isolated (CF-wise) location. I attended CFUnited last summer and met some wonderful people and know so much more about whose sites and blogs to turn to for information. I have joined the Online CFUG and try to attend presentations live when possible. Others I watch later when the recordings are posted. I won't be able to attend CFUnited this year (please vacation in Virginia so that our state budget will improve:-) ). I do plan to follow what's going on via blogs and Twitter. The involvement is gradually happening.
I'm especially interested in connecting with others who work in similarly isolated conditions. My comments have been prompted by this OO debate, but I'm not saying OO is terrible or OO is the wonder tool. I'm saying it's a tough tool to learn and even tougher when you have fewer people to bounce ideas off of. So bounce, don't flame, and contact me if you have ideas about other issues that "lone programmers" face.
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