On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Heh. Rarely have I had a simple data driven website that didn't > eventually become un-simple. Most of the time because the programmer things he has to air-condition the roller skates.Over-engineering is ubiquitous on the web. Do you ever read the questions (or answers) on CF-Talk? Q: How do I display Hello World A: First you install the latest versions of ten pieces of unnecessary software, take 14 classes, create a World object, write a query with 29 joins to determine which version of Hello you want to display.....ad infinium, ad nauseum. Makes me wanna bitch them into the next county. > > Hey, that sounds like a design pattern! Oh lord, not design patterns! > They're as bad as "objects"! :) No, it's just a coding convention, and every project needs one. > The C++ parody link that was in those comments was classic! It was. But are you sure it was a parody. First day of class, Computer Science 101, professor says "the first rule of computer programming is keep it esoteric. Then you will always have a jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
