-----Original Message----- From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 3:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cons to Fusebox
>If I were to start a new project tomorrow, I could either grab Fusebox (or >Struts, or whatever) and start architecting and coding, or I could start >building a framework, and refine it and test it, and then start architecting >and coding, once the framework is complete. Fusebox4 has been months in >development; Struts 1.1 was much longer than that, and both have both been >years from the initial get-go to now. I'm going to take this statement at face value for a moment, even though I suspect you mean differently. So, what I'm hearing is that your client says they want X, and you begin coding X immediately. But I do not see in you statement where the requirements gathering and planning process has taken place to determine if the client really wants X, or maybe X and Y and Z. If this is the case, then yes, FB may make it easy for you to backtrack and add Y and Z afterwards. But if you've done the requirements gathering beforehand (I'll assume you normally do Barney - this is simply for discussion puposes), then you would have planned for X Y and Z from the start, before any code was written. In which case, FB still doesn't really buy you anything that simply following good practices would. Yes, it makes things easier in some ways, however, so does Object Oriented Programming, and so does Struts, or any other methodology - even some home grown ones. As near as I can tell from this discussion, it comes down to a matter of coding style. If you prefer the FB "style" of coding, then do it. If you prefer a custom "style" of programming, then do it. There is no "right" way to do the code - other than making the application do what it's supposed to. My thoughts, not yours... Shawn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
