Regardless, I would suggest you install CF7 locally to play with alongside youé 4.5/5 install and start to learnd/look at CFCs etc and the way CFMX apps are built as in the most part they are very different, you don't want to move to 8 just for some "widget" only to find that you haven't got a clue how it works or how samples are put together.
I would also getting a good book on Ajax to actually understand how to get more of our vanilla Ajax as you can bet that an Adobe offerening will be Spry based (which you can download now but may require MX I am not sure) and that it will not do everything you expect out of the box from day 1. You are playing catchup for sure.. "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth To: CF-Talk Sent: Sun Feb 11 04:06:58 2007 Subject: RE: Neat error message Sounds good... thanks for the info, James! Rick -----Original Message----- From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Neat error message I'd suggest that the way you are required to code now is probably slowing you down, especially when it comes to maintenance. For example, having every cfquery and every bit of business logic in a CFC (or a set of CFCs) makes it very easy to know where to look to change the functionality in the app. With cfquery tags all the way through a site, one change in a DB could mean having to open every file in the app to update it. It would take 5 minutes to learn the CFC syntax to get the benefits. And no, this doesn't make the user's experience better - it makes yours better. As for AJAX, you could easily used the pre-built CF libraries such as AjaxCFC, mxAjax etc without having to do all the custom coding to deal with the data, but these only work on CFMX. The native java intergration in CFMX has saved my butt more than once too. Regardless, it appears you will get what you want out of CF 8: "Scorpio will allow ColdFusion developers to create richer, more engaging web applications" http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Scorpio:FAQ#What_features_will_Scorpio_ have.3F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
