The last few months I have been taking some advice and learning some more frameworks. ColdBox was suggested because it's hugely documented for beginners like me. I don't have a natural ability to learn new concepts easily like some of my CF/JAVA friends. Many years ago I came into this job from a JAVA background. But still OO words like encapsulation inheritance and polymorphism bring back memories of late nights at University trying to get my head around advanced JAVA 2.0 before exams in the morning. I have always liked to think I stick to design patterns and some OO concepts mainly on re-usability, but I don't, and it's noticeably more (to myself) after using ColdBox.

That's why I just wanted to make a quick post on how easy and enjoyable ColdBox framework was to play with. I am not a huge fan of frameworks when they make things more complex than they need to be. I believe there is a time and a place for a full blown framework. Model Glue is still our main choice as a company on projects with 3+ developers, but ColdBox was soooooooo much fun to play with. Ok, it took me 2 weeks to REALLY understand the docs, but at some point you have that moment where everything comes together. The docs are great the forum is great, and if I can do it, anyone can.

I am not saying that's it, I have a lot more to learn and I am sure ColdBox has a lot more to give. I am still yet contemplating CB for an actual project but now I have not doubt it will save us time.