Andrew Mercer (Perth, Australia)
Andrew Mercer stopped looking for Web Application Servers in 1996 when he discovered ColdFusion and used it to pull data out of the corporate database and splatted the results onto a web page - with links to get more data!FW/1 - The Invisible Framework
ColdFusion has always been about simplicity and "getting stuff done". Sean Corfield created Framework One (FW/1) in that same spirit: with just one file and some simple conventions, you won't even notice you're using it! If the learning curve, code bloat and XML have put you off other frameworks, find out why developers are saying "FW/1 is perfect" and how you can use it to just focus on your code, be productive and stop worrying about "the framework". More...
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Two jobs later Andrew started serious web development and soon discovered the wonders of Application Frameworks in the form of FuseBox 2. Shortly afterwards he discovered Farcry CMS and has been an active community member since.
Being the total techno nerd that he is, when he is not at working doing ColdFusion development, he is at home playing with Railo. And if that is not enough ColdFusion for one person, he is also the User Group Manager of 'ColdFusion User Group of Western Australia'.