>>However, my secondary concern is that we do not have a process for sharing
code in-house so I could see whatever method I choose turning into a sort of
default method of code reuse (even when not appropriate).


If that is the case, I would recommend making it a custom tag and sticking
it in the custom tags folder in the CF admin.That way it is avalible to
everyone with out having to deal with mappings and all that.

G!


On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Shannon Rhodes <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> I'm probably overthinking this, but I have a really simple snippet of code
> that I want to make easily available to other developers in-house.  It takes
> no input variables; all it does is figure out the correct link to reporting
> services based on the server environment (dev/QA/prod).
>
> Given the simplicity, should this just be an include?  Or at most a UDF
> (though I fail to see the point there, since you have to include those too,
> and I'm not taking input parameters).  Definitely a custom tag or a cfc seem
> like overkill.
>
> However, my secondary concern is that we do not have a process for sharing
> code in-house so I could see whatever method I choose turning into a sort of
> default method of code reuse (even when not appropriate).  Also, I'm
> thinking if I'm really going to approach this properly I need to request a
> mapping to a folder above the web root rather than simply throwing in a new
> folder and calling it "cfincludes".  Mappings always turn into a PITA around
> here, but I want to do this right.
>
> Advice for getting this team moving in the right direction (noting I am not
> in management here)?  Thanks!
>
> 

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