> >>Depends on the rules I guess... > Depends also WHO states the rules. > If YOU are you're own legislator, it > is easier to modify them when you need.
> >>the "rules" of fusebox say that queries and display > >>code must be in separate templates (which are then > >>included via its config dialect). This is indeed > >>_more_ flexible than a page with several > >>queries and a bunch of display logic on it. > Again it depends the circumstances: if there is NO chance > the same queries can be re-used in another part of the > application, why bother having two templates when you can > have only one? Even if it happens that you need the same > query again in another template later, THEN it's the time > to separate it in another template and include it at > both places. > This is flexibility, FB is not flexible. I would argue that there is never a bad time to separate a query from a view... Sure, you save yourself a few _seconds_ by putting an ad-hoc query in the display template... but it's often not possible to antiscipate all the possible permutations of a given display or a given query in advance and imo, for the few extra seconds, it's better to be in the _habbit_ of thinking about queries and views as being separate and therefore being interchangeable than it is to simply combine them when you feel it's unlikely you're going to reuse a particular query. The former is _likely_ to produce a habbit of reusing code, while the latter is _likely_ to produce a habbit of verbosity and duplicated effort. Now... that being said, there is nothing in Fusebox that would _prevent_ you from combining them -- it's simply not considered a best practice. So on your claim that this is an example of FB being inflexible, I call BULLSHIT. :) And I really don't like Fusebox... I mean... I continue to use it at client request. I acknowledge that FB4.1 is a lot better than 3 was... but it's still really not my preference. :) s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234387 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
