For a long time I've been stuck in the mindset that creating a fabulous user
interface requires a top-notch artist. I thought someone who is a master of
colors and graphics is bound to make the ideal user interface. Trial and
error has proved this incorrect.
I've done projects with and without fabulous artists. A good artist can
improve the details of the interface to make it easier on the eye, but rarely
does he or she make suggestions that dramatically improve how the software
works. That's okay; that's not their job. But if they're not changing how the
software works, then maybe colors and graphics aren't what make a user
interface easy to use.
Maybe it's the programmers who make it easy to use. The programmers know the
database, therefore they must be masters of dat... (more)
As a reader of CFDJ, you're probably an experienced programmer. But what
exactly is it that you do? What is programming? Bruce Eckel, in his excellent
book Thinking in Java, offers this answer: "At one level, all of programming
is about managing complexity."
For many of us this answer resonates deeply. Arguments about which language
is "best" miss the point - that programmers write progra... (more)
Introduction
Writing applications within a multi person team can be difficult. Sharing
applications between two teams can become even more difficult. Effectively
sharing applications with 30,000 other developers such as with the ColdFusion
community is almost impossible... unless everyone adheres to standards for
writing these shared applications. The Fusebox Organization has been
assemb... (more)
Fusebox Organization
Writing applications within a multi person team can be difficult. Sharing
applications between two teams can become even more difficult. Effectively
sharing applications with 30,000 other developers such as with the
ColdFusion® community is almost impossible... unless everyone adheres to
standards for writing these shared applications. The Fusebox Organization has
b... (more)