>bringing this whole issue up is that people say beginners' code >has a lot of CFIF statements
This is true to a certain extent, most logical conditions can be related to a data structure without conditions (If conditions) and in most situation the data structure make the code/application extensible. Joe Eugene >-----Original Message----- >From: Johnny Le [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:19 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: better way to code? > > >I shouldn't have given that specific example. My reason for >bringing this whole issue up is that people say beginners' code >has a lot of CFIF statements. I am using Fusebox now. So it >elimates a lot of CFIF statement already, but I still feel that I >have too many CFIF in my code. I am just looking for alternative, >better, and more efficient methods to handle all of those >conditional statements. > >Johnny > > >>I'd say that any application that allows file paths to come from the >>URL is wrong, no matter the code. Second, any application that allows >>mixed relative and absolute paths for the same file is asking for >>trouble. And third, make sure you check for a leading "/" as well, or >>you code will puke on *nix. >> >>Now as for the coding style, the former is definitely better, though >>the whole block should be in a CFTRY..CFCATCH. In the second example, >>you need a CFTRY around the second CFFILE, and having multiple nested >>CFTRY..CFCATCH blocks gets too nasty to quick. Chances are good that >>if that scenario arises, you'd be better off doing some abstraction >>with either includes, UDFs, or a CFC. But again, I think it's >>unlikely you would ever be in this scenario with a well designed >>application. >> >>Also, don't use CONTAINS as your operator, use mid(url.dir, 2, 1) and >>see if it's a colon. >> >>cheers, >>barneyb >> >>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:43:25 -0400, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192193 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
