@ Dominic >> with the bounty of joyous learning that awaits you
Your not a geek. Nope, not at all. ;) @James Actually your first example is a perfect example for using a cfc. I have been in the same boat over the last year or so, Tying to apply OO principles to a 1400 page intranet that dates back to CF 4. The first question I ask is "am I going to use this again?" The first principle(s) of OO is Encapsulation and/or DRY. The process learning OO can be very intimidating at first. I would recommend taking a look at this presentation from the folks at Netobjectives as a starter. http://www.netobjectives.com/streamzines/EncapsulateThat/player.html This is also very helpful in getting your head around the basics of OO: http://www.netobjectives.com/files/Encapsulation_First_Principle_Object_Oriented_Design.pdf As is The Net Objectives Pattern Repository. Design patterns can be dificult to get your head around at first. This helps explain Design patterns in simple, concrete terms that allows you to see how they are used to solve problems with out getting into a lot of theory. http://www.netobjectivesrepository.com/<http://www.netobjectivesrepository.com/TheFacadePattern> And no, I don't know them or have any interest in the company. I just ran into them on Brian Kotek's blog and recognized it as an excellent resource. HTH G -- "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." - Will Durant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:302934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
