CFCs and a modular architecture aren't used to make a site faster, which is what that quote is implying. CFCs in CF 8 can destroy performance of the app if you use them like you use objects in Java or .NET. If high volume is a concern you should perform stress tests in early versions of the site since the problems with CFCs do not become obvious until you are instantiating thousands of objects.
You should get a speed increase going from CF 5 to CF 8 without making any architectural changes to the site. It might be easier to convince your client that going to CF 8 is a good idea by pointing him to the Adobe marketing literature and whitepapers, which discuss the performance improvements made over the prior versions. -Mike Chabot On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Mike Kear<[email protected]> wrote: > > I have to prepare a spec for a client's new project. He doesn't > write code, but he has applications on other sites using CF5 and 6. > This will be an entirely new application on CF8. It might go to > pretty high volumes, and he's looking for some reassurance that we can > build a more scalable application than his previous (procedural code) > applications turned out to be. > > So for those of you who have had to scale more high volume apps than I > have, I'd like to know how true the following statement is: > > {quote} > Using modular architecture, CFCs to reuse code, careful use of > persistent scopes such as Application and Session, and ColdFusion's > built-in multi-threading, we can achieve much higher throughput for a > given hardware configuration than using the old procedural coding > techniques used in ColdFusion 5 and previous versions > [/quote] > > -- > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324452 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
