Sounds like a good approach. I'm about to duplicate much of the work I've done on a recent project for another client and I plan to use CFC's instead of putting the code into my .cfm's. (I wouldn't call what I'm going to do "OOP"... :oP)
But since I've already written the code procedurally once, it should be easier to see how to adapt it. Rick Dawson, Michael wrote: > On a recent project, I built the entire codebase using linear code > (non-OOP). It was faster for me to see what data I actually needed that > way. > > I considered this my prototype. > > Then, once I was satisfied with the project, I started to refactor my > code. I put all queries into a single CFC. I put all paper receipt > generation code into yet another CFC. > > That sure cut down on the amount of code in my main .cfm page > (controller). > > However, I noticed a few other places that could be optimized. > > So, I created a service CFC that handled all interaction between the > data CFC and the receipt CFC. The only weird part is that some of the > service CFC methods only call the database CFC methods. In fact, I used > the same method names in both CFCs. I did this because I wanted my main > ..cfm page to ONLY interact with the service CFC and not the database > CFC. > > Finally, in my main .cfm page, I was left with only a cfswitch block. > Each cfcase tag merely called on the service CFC to perform its tasks. > > This was great because I actually felt good about the code. Also, I > could fully-test each CFC and method, separately. > > Therefore, my approach was to build a low-tech prototype, then see where > I could move specific logic from the main .cfm. > > It took a couple of iterations, but it works fine and it's easy enough > to maintain. > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
