Thanks Sean, Brian, everyone else. Lot's of stuff to think on. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:44 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Pros/Cons of Hub & Spoke (Was: Cons to Fusebox) > > > On Thursday, Jul 17, 2003, at 13:08 US/Pacific, Mosh Teitelbaum wrote: > > First, thanks to Brian for the dialogue concerning the pros and cons of > > Fusebox. I intend to keep at that line of conversation in the thread. > > It's an interesting thread. > > >> From your own experiences and your own thoughts on the subject, what > >> are the > > benefits and downsides to designing a site (whether by way of a > > framework or > > otherwise) in which all requests must go through a single file which > > then > > redirects or includes other files to handle the specific needs of the > > current request? > > Benefits: > - abstraction of URL structure from file system > - allows you to reorganize and refactor code without breaking / > changing links > - provides a central place for requests > - you can add standardized layouts > - you can hook in security or other filters > > Downsides: > - abstractions always create some performance overhead > - developers new to the project have to learn the mapping > > > How is this better or > > worse than an architecture in which the same action would go directly > > to the > > "addItem.cfm" file (i.e., "/Cart/addItem.cfm?itemID=123")? > > You can't refactor the code without breaking the site API (the URLs)... > unless you leave a bunch of redirects in place. > > (probably a lot more stuff but that's off the top of my head) > > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
