OK… I have been holding off my first rant as long as I could but after exploring one of Yahoo’s blogs, I don’t think I can hold back any longer… Well I tried, here it is… GRRRRRR
When did the web become the home for humans (I originally tried to use the word developers but I realized I wasn’t dealing with one of those) who try to shortcut the process of software development? Being in the position to clean-up after some of these failed attempts, I lament the fact that these efforts rob company budgets and cheapen the craft known as software development. Calling themselves developers, they in the end, produce a pile of goo that nobody in their right mind would want to pickup and recover from.
His are his posts…
Hello,
I am a new developper in Flex. How to navigate between pages of an application in flex, as we can do
in html ?
Hello,
I am searching a code source exemple for a classical login / password form in a flex application.
Did I need absolutely a database to store Passwords ?
Hello,
I want to Upload images from the user computer into my flex application. Which instruction to use to upload images ?
Hello,
How to call a function of a library in C, from a line code in a flex application ?
So, many will criticize me with statements like “How is somebody supposed to learn?” as well as “You use code from the web as well” and many others however here is my point. Throughout history, the process of developing a craft, whether cabinetmaking or any other skilled occupation, was one where a reasonably well defined path of skills development was based on a process of apprentice and master. The apprentice learned at the side of the master and advanced his/her skills by learning from the core of the craft outward. This foundational approach allowed the master to concentrate on higher-order tasks, having offloaded less intensive tasks to the apprentice, and in the end advancing the whole craft. The apprentice, working at the side of the master advanced his/her skills thus building an overall foundation.
So what is the correct answer? How about taking a class or buying a book.
KFB