> Well, actually, this isn't entirely true. The idea of a "controller" > predates MVC, and was commonly used in CGI programs written in procedural > languages. For example, one of the first primitive web applications I wrote > was in Visual Basic (!), and it was modelled after the example VB code > provided with WebSite, an early Windows web server. It consisted of a main > subroutine which acted as a controller, using URL parameters to invoke other > specific subroutines, which were part of the same compiled executable.
Thanks Dave, that is what I meant. If you look at the Java world, I've heard there truly are hundreds of frameworks. And from what you've said, the idea of a controller is not new to Fusebox nor ColdFusion. I don't want to paint myself as a frameworks basher, if people find them valuable, more power to them. I just think the frameworks authors could put more effort into making their framework approachable, and one way to do that is to use common langauge that everybody understands. It's already asking a lot for someone to learn a new XML dialect, and how to properly configure/use said framework. But throwing new terms into the mix seems unnecessary, imo. -- My Sites: http://www.techfeed.net/blog/ http://www.cfquickdocs.com/ http://cfformprotect.riaforge.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273459 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
