On 5/3/07, Jeff Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry. I honestly didn't want those comments to come across that way. I > was just *really* wondering if what I wasn't already doing *was* in fact, a > framework, and if, during the course of the way I and my group programs, is > a framework worth looking into.
What you've described is a methodology with some reusable code components (though if they're snippets, they're really code templates). A framework is a collection of code that does "something". They usually come with some implicit methodological constraints (i.e. you have to package your custom code in certain ways), but at it's core it's just some code that your application uses. Framework code is managed separately from application code (usually by the framework authors, who are unaware of your application at all), and within the application, acts as a black box. There should be nothing application-aware in framework code, otherwise it's no longer a distinct framework, and it's just some more application code. cheers, barneyb -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:276953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
