Comments for Mike's Blog http://www.mikechandler.com Discussions about Software Development Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by John smith http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-171 John smith Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:14:39 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-171 Mike, Don't call me, it's not importnat. Mike,

Don’t call me, it’s not importnat.

]]> Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by Barba Williamson http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-70 Barba Williamson Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:32:11 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-70 Mike, Call me. It's important Mike,
Call me. It’s important

]]> Comment on To Root or Not to Root by Andy http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/05/to-root-or-not-to-root/#comment-62 Andy Fri, 27 May 2011 15:37:50 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=20#comment-62 I root my Droid X for 2 reasons: 1 --- it is the only way to get rid of all of the crapware that Verizon/Motorola install on my device (e.g. CitySearch, etc.) I don't mind that they are on there, even though they do take up precious storage space, BUT what I *do* mind is that they are constantly running taking up CPU cycles and more importantly battery life. 2 --- wireless tether. I want to be able to tether my phone to my laptop when traveling and I don't want to pay an extra $20-30/month to do so. By the way: Verizon released the new version of Android for the Dropid X today. Go get it! I root my Droid X for 2 reasons:

1 — it is the only way to get rid of all of the crapware that Verizon/Motorola install on my device (e.g. CitySearch, etc.) I don’t mind that they are on there, even though they do take up precious storage space, BUT what I *do* mind is that they are constantly running taking up CPU cycles and more importantly battery life.

2 — wireless tether. I want to be able to tether my phone to my laptop when traveling and I don’t want to pay an extra $20-30/month to do so.

By the way: Verizon released the new version of Android for the Dropid X today. Go get it!

]]> Comment on To Root or Not to Root by Eddie Espinosa http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/05/to-root-or-not-to-root/#comment-61 Eddie Espinosa Fri, 27 May 2011 05:48:53 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=20#comment-61 I share your views..i run my non rooted Droid Xand am very happy with it...i by no means am a techy, geek or nerd..i have yet to hear a valid reason to root..i hear how I can go from benchmarking in the mid 1600 to over 3000 but what if the speed i have now is more than enough? I dont think I would get the true benefit of a rooted phone as someone as tech savy as you. I still debate though but moreso just cause I want to see what this bad boy can do! I share your views..i run my non rooted Droid Xand am very happy with it…i by no means am a techy, geek or nerd..i have yet to hear a valid reason to root..i hear how I can go from benchmarking in the mid 1600 to over 3000 but what if the speed i have now is more than enough? I dont think I would get the true benefit of a rooted phone as someone as tech savy as you. I still debate though but moreso just cause I want to see what this bad boy can do!

]]> Comment on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on Android by chadk http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-on-android/#comment-53 chadk Tue, 10 May 2011 03:56:35 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=5#comment-53 I would love a copy of this if you are willing. be happy to help test it. I would love a copy of this if you are willing. be happy to help test it.

]]> Comment on Mobile Dev – ColdFusion or Native? by Levbert http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/mobile-dev-coldfusion-or-native/#comment-41 Levbert Tue, 03 May 2011 04:29:37 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=12#comment-41 Thanks for the insight was on the fence with this issue Thanks for the insight was on the fence with this issue

]]> Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by Steve 'Cutter' Blades http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-39 Steve 'Cutter' Blades Mon, 02 May 2011 15:08:14 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-39 @Mike Please, call me Cutter. Last year I was recruiting for an entire team of CF developers. Yes, it was very difficult. You get a ton of applicants, many without the chops you're really looking for. Really good (or great) CF developers are rarely looking for full time work, as they have it already, or have a thriving consultancy going. We took to finding talented developers in other disciplines (PHP, Ruby, etc) and retraining them in CF. Elitists would walk into the interview and never return. The more experienced, and more open, discovered the true power of the modern ColdFusion platform and became better programmers. If companies will invest in finding good developers, and turning them in to good ColdFusion developers, they will find the benefit. The ROI in CF isn't just in the ease and speed of development with the platform, but also in the low learning curve to get to that point. A good developer, with a solid understanding of OO principles, can quickly grok the class nature of CFC's, understand the value of building view layers with custom tags and CFM pages, and utilize the power that Application.cfc and the CF application framework provide for them. @Mike

Please, call me Cutter.

Last year I was recruiting for an entire team of CF developers. Yes, it was very difficult. You get a ton of applicants, many without the chops you’re really looking for. Really good (or great) CF developers are rarely looking for full time work, as they have it already, or have a thriving consultancy going.

We took to finding talented developers in other disciplines (PHP, Ruby, etc) and retraining them in CF. Elitists would walk into the interview and never return. The more experienced, and more open, discovered the true power of the modern ColdFusion platform and became better programmers.

If companies will invest in finding good developers, and turning them in to good ColdFusion developers, they will find the benefit. The ROI in CF isn’t just in the ease and speed of development with the platform, but also in the low learning curve to get to that point. A good developer, with a solid understanding of OO principles, can quickly grok the class nature of CFC’s, understand the value of building view layers with custom tags and CFM pages, and utilize the power that Application.cfc and the CF application framework provide for them.

]]> Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by Jean Ducrot http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-35 Jean Ducrot Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:27:45 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-35 Dude, Ada really? I learned to program on that back when I was in the military 10 years ago. Who do you know who still does that? And that would be more popular than CF? I still think Cf is great but the community is just too small and I hear the same complain from many companies, there just isn't enough qualified developers. Dude,

Ada really? I learned to program on that back when I was in the military 10 years ago. Who do you know who still does that? And that would be more popular than CF? I still think Cf is great but the community is just too small and I hear the same complain from many companies, there just isn’t enough qualified developers.

]]> Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by Mike Chandler http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-32 Mike Chandler Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:00:00 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-32 Interesting remarks, I had actually heard that there was some outcry against the validity of the TIOBE index. The search engine technique they use, while the actual technology isn't fully disclosed, isn't necessarily a scientific or slam-dunk method of determining popularity of a language -- maybe popularity of the language as a topic of discussion. Nevertheless, I can somewhat see why they might connect those dots. @Steve: I get a solid flow of recruiters contacting me about ColdFusion jobs as well. But have you ever tried recruiting for a ColdFusion position? It's tough work. You'll get applicant flow, but you'll have a really hard time finding candidates that are fully qualified to work on software systems. For CF powered websites, you're in good shape, but CFers with experience with continuous integration and unit testing are extremely hard to find. Interesting remarks, I had actually heard that there was some outcry against the validity of the TIOBE index. The search engine technique they use, while the actual technology isn’t fully disclosed, isn’t necessarily a scientific or slam-dunk method of determining popularity of a language — maybe popularity of the language as a topic of discussion. Nevertheless, I can somewhat see why they might connect those dots.

@Steve: I get a solid flow of recruiters contacting me about ColdFusion jobs as well. But have you ever tried recruiting for a ColdFusion position? It’s tough work. You’ll get applicant flow, but you’ll have a really hard time finding candidates that are fully qualified to work on software systems. For CF powered websites, you’re in good shape, but CFers with experience with continuous integration and unit testing are extremely hard to find.

]]> Comment on ColdFusion on the TIOBE Index by Gary F http://www.mikechandler.com/2011/04/coldfusion-on-the-tiobe-index/#comment-31 Gary F Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:44:29 +0000 http://www.mikechandler.com/?p=15#comment-31 Two more "statistics" to check out. http://www.google.com/search?q=filetype:cfm 317m pages coded in cfml. Pretty darn good for something that's supposed to be less popular than lisp, pascal and ada! But web searches for "coldfusion" is a better indicator of popularity, take a look at this. It's achieving less than a quarter of the searches now compared to what it got in 2004. http://www.google.com/trends?q=coldfusion Two more “statistics” to check out.
http://www.google.com/search?q=filetype:cfm
317m pages coded in cfml. Pretty darn good for something that’s supposed to be less popular than lisp, pascal and ada!

But web searches for “coldfusion” is a better indicator of popularity, take a look at this. It’s achieving less than a quarter of the searches now compared to what it got in 2004. http://www.google.com/trends?q=coldfusion

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