One of the the projects I started more recently is a rather small framework called FreeAgent. The purpose of this particular project is to create a system whereby an application can be easily designed to fit into any of the existing MVC frameworks for ColdFusion, whether that's FW/1, ColdBox, Fusebox, Mach-II, Model-Glue or the onTap framework... And probably at some not too distant point in the future Mura CMS. Or hopefully any MVC framework on into the future.
The original goal here was to create a resource that the entire CF community can use -- not only the various framework communities, but even including those who develop ColdFusion applications without using frameworks, since FreeAgent applications can be configured as "stand alone" applications as well. The analogy here is that I wanted to move the CF community in the same kind of direction that say Microsoft, Apple and for that matter even Nintendo have moved. When you buy a Mac or a Windows PC all of a sudden there's a huge wealth of software that's available to you. That hasn't been the case in the ColdFusion community before -- you get ColdBox, but then you have to write all your applications yourself (because people in the community aren't really publishing open-source ColdBox applications to integrate into your existing site). With this structure, because the application can move to any framework (or no framework), once an application is written, it is then a benefit to the entire community. My hope is that these applications will create an ecosystem in which it's possible to get those "big guns" applications like forums and blogs installed and running for a client, integrated into their site, without having to do any actual programming. Save your valuable development time for tasks that are novel or unique -- tasks that actually need your attention, not things you've done many times before. I think this goes back to the core strength of the ColdFusion language -- making things easier. :D http://freeagent.riaforge.org This entry from the Free Agent blog expands a little on what I've said here: http://freeagent.riaforge.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/6/Documentation -- s. isaac dealey :: AutLabs Creating meaningful employment for people with Autism http://www.autlabs.com ph: 817.385.0301 http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:340688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
