On 27/12/2007, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using Farcry for a few months, and frankly, I'm fed up with > it. I would rather write my own from scratch than continue to use that > piece of festering crap.
I don't think I've ever heard FarCry [1] described quite that way before. I'm sorry to hear you were unable to create a workable solution but I suspect that has more to do with your implementation than anything else. > There is little to no documentation available, There's a large WIKI [2], a busy set of developer forums and a 130pg developer course book available. Of course we'd like the documentation to be better -- we do our best to add something new every day. Perhaps you could help by pointing out more specifically where the documentation is unclear or could be improved. > it is incredibly poorly written and buggy, I'm sure there is a mix of both good and bad programming -- there always is in a code base the size of FarCry. On the whole I find it to be a pleasure to work with. We try and address bugs as quickly as we can -- assuming they have been reported [3] (I was unable to see any you may have reported). Given the size of the code base, its complexity and the speed of ongoing development we're bound to miss a few. > it is SLOW, Actually its not. There are several very large implementations of FarCry worldwide that perform extremely well. I'd suggest your performance issues revolve around the specifics of your implementation. > and it is confusing even for a 10+ year CF veteran such as myself. Like any development framework you need to take the time to learn the framework -- no amount of CF experience is going to help bluster through. > My client is mystified by it and has refused to use it. That is a grand shame. I suspect that has more to do with the way the solution was presented to them rather than the solution itself. Certainly FarCry works for our clients, and many others besides. Raise your problems on the FarCry forums -- we may be able to help you through. If not, hopefully you can find a solution better suited to your requirements. Best regards, -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ [1]: http://www.farcrycms.org/ [2]: http://docs.farcrycms.org/ [3]: http://bugs.farcrycms.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
