I wrote an article on CFC best practices that might be helpful: http://www.briankotek.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=104F4985-3048-23C1-DDF6C15FB4864387
On 8/29/05, Dave Carabetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/29/05, Burns, John D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting ready to start a new app and there are some things I've > > learned from other apps that I'm going to implement into this app as far > > as CFCs go. I saw the thread concerning the THIS scope which helped to > > get some different people's takes on its use. I was wondering if anyone > > else would like to post personal or recognized best practices. I am > > especially interested in scoping instances of components. I always have > > a hard time deciding which scopy to put instances of CFCs into for > > different purposes and which kinds of methods I should have in each. > > Sometimes, I've overloaded the application scope and end up locking my > > application to death for almost everything, but then other times, I > > think I put stuff in session that belongs in application. Any advice > > would be appreciated, as well as any other best practices that you'd > > care to share. I'm always willing to learn. Thanks. > > > > Your best bet is to search the archives of this list. This topic gets > beaten to death every month or two and you'll find a wealth of > information in past threads that you can choose to apply or not apply > to your development cycle. What you'll find is that "best practices" > is a very subjective theme, with only a few truly necessary "must-dos" > (i.e., var scoping local variables, including query names). As for > what scope you store component instances in, how they're called, etc., > that's all up to you and nobody is going to chime in with a "you must > do it this way or it's incorrect" answer for you. Sorry it's a bit > gray, but that's just the reality. > > Regards, > Dave. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:216677 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
