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Ode to Flex and ColdFusion
Dearest Flex,
Today I am reflecting upon our time together, given that we are fast approaching our one year anniversary. I remember before we actually met how I would look at you in wonder from across the forum, thinking to myself, “I am going to meet you”. Finally, I worked up the nerve to introduce myself, I waited until the other developers with whom you were speaking indicated that they were away for a moment so that I could approach, after all I was very unsure and quite hesitant to seek a new relationship. I had become so comfortable in my relationship at the time, out of respect I shall only mention her by the initials CF. I really thought that I had a comprehensive view of the world while I was with CF, yet now, after our time together, I realize that I was falling into a procedural pot-hole which was limiting my ability to model the world as it should be – as classes who’s instantiations allow me to make real models from real types. From within this realization I have found that I am now better able to accurately define public var doug:Developer = new Developer();. Flex, it is you who have provided me with this insight.
Remember when we first started hanging together, we’d sit on the couch and experiment, I would take you with me to the coffee shop, the park, and even to work so we could be together as much as possible. None of that has changed, as a matter of fact I feel that our being together has been instrumental in our growth together. Now, look at us, not only do you come to work with me, but we get to work together on projects every day! It is amazing to me that as I have been able to get to know you better how much more time we actually get to spend with each other. Ha_ha, remember that time when you hiked up your skirt so slightly and showed me your ActionScript? I recall my knees getting week and an overwhelming sense of things to come! It was a daunting feeling to me to see you that way and to know that the things which you are capable of were so far from my understanding, yet you’ve taken the time to guide me slowly into learning how to manipulate your mxml and use methods to provide you with better means to fulfill my needs. Of course, this led to a much broader view of the world where I could understand how you love it when I break out the development tools and implement EasyMVC or, for those longer nights of enterprise development, Cairngorm! I know how you love it when I implement Cairngorm. I love that about you, you have the flexibility and breadth of ability to take me from the simple to the complex while helping me to maintain state.
Then came the time when I realized that you held a hidden gem which truly changed the way in which I approached handling our information, you introduced me to remoting and immediately you made me realize that its not just you that I need but that you and I and CF could all be together as one! I had spent so long looking at your front-end virtues that I had neglected to pay attention to what is going on with your back-end capabilities. At that moment I realized just how lucky I am to be able to have the both of you in my life and no longer shall I just refer to CF by initial but by her full name ColdFusion! I couldn’t imagine how things could get any better – but then they did. Up until this time you, ColdFusion and I had always spent our time developing Web-based applications. But now things have changed, now we have a new sense, somewhat like having two homes that we all love to spend time in. Now we have AIR, now we have AIR…. Now we can all deploy locally together. I see this as a new, richer way, for us to be together and continue to learn of one-another and the world. It is at these times in which I feel that I have so much that there is so much to lose. Flex – ColdFusion – I want us to be together always – on the Web – on the Desktop – and in my heart.
I love you Flex and you too ColdFusion (even though, ColdFusion, you piss me off sometimes but thats another story).
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