On May 8, 2006, at 2:48 PM, calzone wrote:
> > Thank you John. > > Now that I know that my questions are related to a weak MVC > understanding, I'm hoping you can direct me toward a good source on > this. Is this something I'll have to purchase as a book or are there > good online references? So far nothing I've read has gone far enough > to explain such distinctions. Most of what I've read seems to dwell on > various interpretations over the years, or else get into technical > details as opposed to straightforward theory. Hence, I equated > adding/deleting a record with editing it and felt they should both be > handled by the controller. Here's a good place to start (as always), the Wikipedia article. That might give you an idea of the terminology and at least allow you to make smarter google searches to find out more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller > As for Smarty, it just seems like a decent way to develop a site that > will be touched by designers who don't know the slightest thing about > php. I used to be a big Smarty user, but I realized that its just as easy for me to say "Don't touch anything inside of <?php ?> " as it is to do so with curly braces. But, to each his own. -- John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
