the power of CF is in its simplicity. A newbie can come along and just learn a handful of tags and functions to develop a web site. The next step up is CFC's, frameworks and OOP
Some people simply will not want or need to learn anything beyond the handful of tags and functions if this is sufficient for them Don't lose sight of what makes ColdFusion great and suitable for all levels of skill. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > > while you may not use MVC on every app, sticking to certain guidelines > like what code to put where, also known as includes vs custom tags vs > cfc, along with the use of external JS and CSS will make any app > development smoother.. > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > You cannot really apply such rules to everyone. > > If someone just has a very simple mostly flat, then using mvc frameworks > and > > CFC's will probably be overkill and create 10 x more code is actually > > required. > > In those situations you are probably just going to use some cfm pages and > > maybe a few cfincludes for header, footer and menu etc. > > > > For large code-centric applications and when working within teams your > rules > > work fine though. > > > > > > > > -- > > Russ Michaels > > www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 > > FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. > > > > blog: www.michaels.me.uk > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339157 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
