Correct, I don't plan on abandoning CF anytime soon. I just figure RoR is one more tool in my toolset. It's also opened my eyes to different ways of doing things. I'd become so comfortable with CF, I just always did things pretty much the same way. At least now I consider different ways :)
On 11/11/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was considering using CF to serve the thumbnail a feature - they're > access controlled. ; ) I suppose the automated writing of the > DB-stored image to disk is a useful feature, but c'mon, it's one line > of code in CF (a CFFILE tag). > > But it really doesn't matter. Both are good, both are bad, and unless > you're discussing a specific application, neither is better than the > other. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 11/10/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the thing, RoR made it so easy to be able to store the image in > > a database, but still have the speed of a cached copy on the file > > server. In essence, the first time /image/show/1.jpg is called, RoR > > will notice there is no file called 1.jpg and will automatically > > create the 1.jpg file on the filesystem. So from them on, I get the > > benefit of a quick file serve with the portability to different > > servers. I'm sure you could do the same with CF, but with RoR it's > > built in. That's where the main difference is for me between the 2. > > RoR has a ton of stuff built in that most developers do everyday. It > > may not be the most efficient, but it can get a lot of stuff done > > quick. > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223985 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
