1. Frameworks & Developer Teams & Pragmatism
Oğuz Demirkapı
Sr. Application Developer, TeraTech

2. About the Speaker Sr. Application Developer at TeraTech
Coding since ‘85, CGI Programming since ’94
CF Developer since ’97
Founder and Manager (prev) of CFUG for Turkey
Interested in ColdFusion, Flex, Ajax, Frameworks, i18N, L10N, g13N
Have big interest in epistemology

3. What is coming ... What is the reason you need a Framework usage?
What are benefits and disadvantages of using Frameworks?
What are the conditions in your developer teams?
Pragmatic resolutions of these questions

4. Why Frameworks? Workflow Standardization Maintability Work Separation
Code Reuse

5. Frameworks Evaluation
Project Management Perspective
Time & Budget
Focus on different needs other than low level coding
Future Work Benefits
Developer Perspective
Skills & Know How
New Opportunities

6. Problems with Frameworks
Time & Budget
Business Needs & Suitability
Training
Team conditions
Backgrounds
Habits
Information level about solutions

7. Developer Teams
Team Models
Team Enviroment
Resources

8. Pragmatism
A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.
Do we need to be pragmatic?

9. Some Pragmatic Resolutions
Be careful of your budget
Be careful of your time
Be careful to be transparent in your work
Be careful to be honest to yourself and your team

10. Creating a Perfect Project
Make a good analysis
Define requirements clearly
Select best fit as a Framework solution
Test technical abilities periodically
Be careful of time and budget

11. Decisions
Do we need Frameworks?
Which Framework?
How to start?
Timing

12. Resources corfield.org/entry/ColdFusion_Frameworks cfFrameworks.com
Fusebox.org
Model-Glue.com
Mach-II.com
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