heh I had to change a query the other day in one of our major apps. I ended up having to change 32 pages...they all used the exact same code...oh where oh where are my CFCs...to further my discontent with this app the previous developers didn't understand inner or Outer joins so there are pages that have 3 -5 queries on them then are turned in to massive ugly structures of interwoven mess, and they wounder why we have slow performing servers...humm well maybe its all the excess DB connections and these crazy looping looping loops of structures in arrays in structures which are nicely encapsulated in structures.
Adam On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:32:18 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) No still in New England .... for now! > > No time to re-write. They want what is there stabilized. They have a 5.0 > version in release that some bugs in the code (surprise surprise) that need > to be fixed and then behind that there is a verson that was written for MX > that needs to be QA'd and fixed then and released. > > As Michael lamented I just want to write clean elegant code (paraphrased) > > Duane > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:21:55 -0500 > > >no you don't have the worst possible spaghetti code. That is, unless > >you've started here recently and are working on the same project as > >me. But I do feel for you. I've been ranting about this horrid > >abomination of code since I started here. Look at it this way, you > >could redo it and consider the effort a type of job security. > > > >larry > > > > > >On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:16:48 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've come to the conclusion I have a very special talent! > >> > >> That is the talent to find with worst possible code base to work with. I > >> recently accepted a position as a Sr. Software Engineer to port an off the > >> shelf product to a multi tenant hosted environment. The original company > >> that developed the product was purchased and the new company doesn't know > >> much about coldfusion except that they dont like it. The companies core > >> apps aer built in ASP.Net. The only saving grace may be that I will > >> eentually get to rewrite the app in C#.Net. > >> > >> Any way I havent seen this much spaghetti since the Sopranos! Jeez the > >> code is brutal. There are comments in the code like "this code is here but > >> we dont know why - doesnt seem to work anywhere else" and "the code that > >> used to be has been moved". I have a list of pet peeves when it comes to > >> coding and they managed to hit almost all of them. The good news is the > >> the original developers are only available for consultation for a couple > >> more weeks. > >> > >> My first task to get this beast running is to install it on a server > >> locally and get it running. The new company hasn't recieved any of the > >> CFServer softare from the old company yet (they may not even be able to > >> find it) and the installation guide for the product requires the > >> applications installation CD, which btw no longer exists. > >> > >> Is it bad practice to quit your second day on the job? > >> > >> Ok I'm done crying now! > >> > >> Duane > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138980 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
