> hi there, I have been developing with CF for almost ten years and I'm not > classing myself as an advanced developer, I'm still > learning so do apologise if this sounds amateurish... > I have some new site modification work coming in and the existing developers > sent me this message. > > "The files that constitute the site are stored in a binary format not > editable text. This protects the source code and is > standard deployment practice amongst developers." > > I have talked to other developers and nobody has never come across such thing > so not too sure about the claim its standard > practice. Am I missing an important thing here? Anybody worked like that > before?
I don't think it's especially common in the CF world. In any case, presumably someone somewhere has source code, which they'll need to provide for future work. It's fairly common in the Java world to deploy applications using EAR/WAR files, which are basically zip files containing compiled Java classes (and optionally source code for those classes), but this is typically done for convenience, rather than a need to protect the source code. It's fairly common in the .NET world to deploy most code-behind functionality in .NET assemblies, which are basically compiled DLLs, but again this isn't for protecting source code usually - it's for ease of deployment and management, etc. Bottom line - if you've been hired to work on the source code, you'll need the source code. If your client doesn't actually have the source code, they have a problem. If your client previously hired someone else to develop their web site, they should have demanded access to that source code as part of their contract. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:346448 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
