is python more popular than coldfusion?

[Luis M. Gonzalez]

Re: is python more popular than coldfusion?

> by the way, does anybody want to buy any coldfusion books :)

I have Sam's Teach Yourself Coldfusion by Charles Mohnike, which I
bought in 2001.
By this time I used to think that I was learning rocket science the
easy way, and thinking about learning php or asp was really scary...
these codes looked very complex for my uninitiated eyes.
However, It was good for grasping the logic of interacting with a
database through sql and making my website dynamic.
Soon I realized that finding a cheap CF hosting wasn't easy at all, and
I started to read about php.
Php is also for web development, but it gave me the basic knowledge to
understand programming.
However, I wanted to learn a more general purpose language and I don't
remember how, I landed in pythonland.

Let me tell you that I could learn python basics in just a few hours.
Once I got the interpreter running, I couldn't stop!
Just get one of the many tutorial available on the web and start
playing. YOU'LL SEE IT'S ADDICTIVE.

If you want to start from zero, I suggest Josh Cogliati's beginner
tutorial.
Another good introduction is A Byte of Python (google this), or any of
the ones quoted in Python's web site.

Learning Python is a good book too (especially the second edition).
Enjoy!

[worzel]

Re: is python more popular than coldfusion?

re:
YOU'LL SEE IT'S ADDICTIVE

Yes, I know! I am hooked already! Its such a breeze after doing so much Java
programming. I just download Jython - the possibilities with this seem
incredible.

Unlike you, I learned Coldfusion after learning Java first (about 1996). For
the sake of a couple of jobs I got on and then some training work as a
Macromedia Instructor, it was okay for a while. But, the work dried up, and
then the training became in very low demand, so I find myself looking for a
new 'second language' - Python is it! (Its in danger of becoming my 'first
language' as I am enjoying it so much!)




"Luis M. Gonzalez" <luismgz@gmail. com> wrote in message
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>> by the way, does anybody want to buy any coldfusion books :)[/color]
>
> I have Sam's Teach Yourself Coldfusion by Charles Mohnike, which I
> bought in 2001.
> By this time I used to think that I was learning rocket science the
> easy way, and thinking about learning php or asp was really scary...
> these codes looked very complex for my uninitiated eyes.
> However, It was good for grasping the logic of interacting with a
> database through sql and making my website dynamic.
> Soon I realized that finding a cheap CF hosting wasn't easy at all, and
> I started to read about php.
> Php is also for web development, but it gave me the basic knowledge to
> understand programming.
> However, I wanted to learn a more general purpose language and I don't
> remember how, I landed in pythonland.
>
> Let me tell you that I could learn python basics in just a few hours.
> Once I got the interpreter running, I couldn't stop!
> Just get one of the many tutorial available on the web and start
> playing. YOU'LL SEE IT'S ADDICTIVE.
>
> If you want to start from zero, I suggest Josh Cogliati's beginner
> tutorial.
> Another good introduction is A Byte of Python (google this), or any of
> the ones quoted in Python's web site.
>
> Learning Python is a good book too (especially the second edition).
> Enjoy!
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