I know. I'm just stating for the masses why they maybe would want to consider making it a habit to code stuff in cfscript wherever they can whether the time difference between it and similar tag based code is measurable. :o)
Chris Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > I didn't disagree. I just said it wasn't enough processing to matter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:51 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: automatically generate password > > Hmm... well, cfscript code is still closer to the native java than tag > based code. To quote a guy from my local CFUG. > > "That is exactly what I've been saying / seeing for many years (pre & > post CFMX). The reason that tags are slower is because when the template > JITs, it adds extra libraries into the class. So in other words, when > you write your code in cfscript, your code needs fewer cftag libraries > mentioned as Java import namespaces because your code is closer to the > native Java and requires less overhead. Also, the tag named import also > contains functionality you may not be using. Therefore, you have thinner > JITs and faster code. > > Now, if we could just get adobe to start offering cfscript equivalents > for the most used tags, we wouldn't have to have functions that replace > our tags inside cfscript. We can only hope!" > > To see this comment in context, check out this blog entry > <http://www.daveshuck.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/1/27/Benchmarks--try-VS-isdefi > ned--script-VS-tag>. > > I've also seen the speed increases. Here's an email that I recently > posted to my CFUG mailing list. The numbers at the bottom of the email > amazed me. > > <------ BEGIN ------> > Not to beat a dead horse, but I just wanted to share some numbers. Just > this morning I changed the part of the code in one of my CFCs from this: > > <CFSet var ThisOrderID = ""> > <CFSet var ThisFieldList = ""> > <CFSet var ThisClientID = ""> > <CFSet var ThisMarketPath = ""> > > <CFParam Name="Arguments.OrderID" Default=""> > <CFParam Name="Arguments.FieldList" Default="*"> > <CFParam Name="Arguments.StafPakID" > Default="#ThisStafpakClientID#"> > <CFParam Name="Arguments.Path" > Default="#ThisStafpakPath#"> > > <CFSet ThisOrderID = Trim(Arguments.OrderID)> > <CFSet ThisClientID = Trim(Arguments.StafPakID)> > <CFSet ThisMarketPath = Trim(Arguments.Path)> > <CFSet ThisFieldList = Trim(Arguments.FieldList)> > > to this: > > <CFScript> > var My = StructNew(); > My.OrderID = ""; > My.FieldList = "*"; > My.StafpakID = ThisStafpakClientID; > My.Path = ThisStafpakPath; > My.ArgumentList = StructKeyList(Arguments); > > // loop over the Arguments Structure and put all key values > into the local > // 'My' scope... > for (My.i = 1; My.i LTE StructCount(Arguments); My.i = My.i > + 1){ > My.KeyName = ListGetAt(My.ArgumentList, My.i); > "My.#My.KeyName#" = Arguments[My.KeyName]; > } > </CFScript> > > and then looked at the numbers in the debugging. I was amazed! > > The old way: > 5170 ms 5170 ms 1 CFC[ C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Include\CFC\StafPak.cfc | > FetchThisOrder(... > > The new way: > 140 ms 140 ms 1 CFC[ C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Include\CFC\StafPak.cfc | > FetchThisOrder(... > > Holy milliseconds, Batman! > > Just because I know the numbers fluctuate I ran both again. > > The old way (take 2): > 1124 ms 1124 ms 1 CFC[ C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Include\CFC\StafPak.cfc | > FetchThisOrder(... > > The new way (take 2): > 78 ms 78 ms 1 CFC[ C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Include\CFC\StafPak.cfc | > FetchThisOrder(... > > Jinkies!! That was smokin'! > > I'm definitely changing the way I do some things around here... ;o) > <------ END ------> > > Anyway, the speed increase gained in changing your code in this instance > may be immeasurable, but in general cfscript code is faster than tagged > code. I find this topic fascinating. I hope you don't think I've wasted > anyone's time. :o) > > Cheers, > Chris > > Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > >> I converted this to a udf but it's not any faster. Not really enough >> processing to make a difference really. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christopher Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:36 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: automatically generate password >> >> I've not followed this thread entirely, but if generating a good random >> password is still an issue, then I'd go with and idea like Bobby has >> stated, but I'd use a UDF and not a custom tag. >> >> As I've recently become *very* aware of, CFScript is just *way* faster >> than tag based code, especially for something like this. >> >> Check out CFLib.org there are two or three password generators out >> there. One always creates eight character passwords but is free from >> annoying similar looking characters like 1 and l (one and lower-case >> L... just in case). Another generates any length password you want, and >> another generates WEP keys. >> >> Here's a link to the first one I mentioned called Make Password >> <http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=437>. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> >> >> Bobby Hartsfield wrote: >> >> >>> Take a look at the link I gave you... >>> >>> <CF_RANDOM_PASS LENGTH="8,20" >>> CHARSET="AlphaNumeric" >>> UCASE="Yes" >>> RETURNVARIABLE="pword"> >>> >>> That will generate a password between 8 and 20 characters long with >>> >>> >> numbers >> >> >>> and lower and uppercase letters and store it in a variable called 'pword' >>> (you can change it to whatever you want) >>> >>> The link again... >>> http://acoderslife.com/tutorials/index.cfm?act=t&cid=1&tid=2 >>> >>> copy that code and save it in a file called random_pass.cfm and put it in >>> your custom tag directory (or in the application root somewhere) >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- http://www.cjordan.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. 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