Thanks, Mike! A look at some basic code with all the working parts would be just what I need. I get a little here, a little there from the list, but it seems just enough to keep me interested, yet not enough to let me see the whole picture.
I look forward to it. And... I know what you mean about Saturday nights. :o) Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:05 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Waaahhhh! Why won't my CFC work! > > Ok i'll write up a little treatise on CFCs in a real estate app for > you - a simple one that just manages inserts, edits, deletes and > queries on a table of property listings. I'll take one that i use for > my client (the one i think is the same as yours) and fictionalise it a > bit to protect the IP of my client. You'll see how it works, and how > you can integrate it with your user interface code. Also it will > mean i can share it with others if they want. (I'd blog it but i'm > too lazy to maintain a blog - i dont have one. I know what they're > like to keep going - i had one years ago before they were called > blogs.). > > There's a WHOLE LOT more you can learn but i'll keep it to the basics > for you and try to keep jargon out of it. > > Another nice thing about having a defined pattern to your code, is > that you can have other stuff write a lot of the code for you. I > have a little application I wrote to examine a database table, and > write all the queries to add/delete/edit/read from it and produce the > CFCs for me - that's too advanced for you just yet but if you see > that at work, you can see one of the benefits of using patterns to > your code. That's what some of these frameworks do - things lke > Transfer and Reactor for example recognise when you add a field to > your database table and re-write your CFCs to match. Without ever > seeing that at work, I am sure you can see how that would be of > benefit to you as a developer where time represents dollars. > Coldspring is another tool - it knows how to instantiate your CFCs and > whenever you call for a CFC, Coldspring knows what to do and just > creates it for you, guaranteeing it feeds the CFC everything it needs > to know. And it knows which CFCs to cache in memory and which to > destroy after each use. It's a marvel! > > But for now lets leave all that stuff aside, with the understanding > you'll want to know about that a bit down the track. I'll write some > stuff tonight for you and hopefully have it for you tomorrow. It's > Saturday night and i dont have anything to do. (jeez i'm OLD > already!!) > > Man you've come a long way in a short time - from being in the > ColdFusion stone age (i.e. CF4 wasn't it?) only a few months ago, now > you're moving up to the cutting edge. Believe me, when i jumped > into this OO pool, it revolutionised the way i write applications, and > made possible - even easy - things i'd have scratched my head about > in the old days, thinking that was beyond my capabilities. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
