Ok, I totally get your point, and agree. So 5 years later you are gone, and your client hires someone new to fix something in your code. He finds the directory where it all lives and starts exploring. He decides to do a text search for a string on the problem page, because he doesn't know how else to find it. He opens the CFM, hoping to find the offending query, only to discover it must be in one of the 40 invoked CFCs on the page. The story could go on from there, but the point is that there is going to be a large learning curve for OO that is taken out to its fullest 'beauty'. 3 weeks later he knows and understands the logic behind your application, and why it takes 5 different files to do a select.
Ok, so I may be exaggerating with some of the numbers here...I tend to be a bit over dramatic. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barney Boisvert > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Better way than dao, gateway, bean: <cfquery> > > That depends. And in some (many?) situations, the answer is yes. If > you can save $10,000 of maintainance over the course of an > application's lifetime by initial development costing $3,000 more, > then it's certainly worth it, yes? The vast majority of development > costs are spend in maintenance, not initial development, and anything > that makes maintenance easier is almost always worth doing. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 8/18/05, Munson, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My point was that even for a complex problem OO can be > taken too far. > > Would you feel honest charging a client $4000 when you can > do the job > > with perfectly good OO, but only spend $1000? This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
