I would think moving to a more object oriented model will result in better readable code and IDE auto completion will be more useful.
On Sunday, July 8, 2012 7:12:32 PM UTC-7, Greg wrote: > > For mine, being able to deal with objects in the view would greatly > improve the readability of data (the whole $user['User']['email'] etc looks > incredibly difficult to read to me, compared with $user->email which would > be much nicer). > > I've always felt dealing with arrays is a bit of a 'hack'. I understand > the choice, but I think the idea to move towards a more object oriented > approach is more than hype, and long overdue. > > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 7:35 PM, tigr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, that is not "nice". The strength of the CakePHP design is in being >> very straightforward when it comes to working with the data. I have seen >> other frameworks and I think that object-oriented ways are not suitable for >> working with data. Well, of course, you can, but would you want to, given a >> choice? My answer was "no" and that is why I am using Cake. I am worried >> that the object-oriented hype will get the best of you and we will lose a >> perfectly sensible data processing framework to the object-oriented glory. >> For practical reasons, it would be great to leave the model layer >> principles as they are. >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >> http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >> others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] For more options, visit this group >> at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >> > > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
