ROFL You're hired :) I just promote Farcry as a very good extensible CMS, but I wouldn't group it with Fusebox/Mach-II/Model-Glue.
I look at frameworks as allowing a team of people to code in a particular way. There are obvious variance with code style, but it should generally be understandable by the team. Anyway...back to the grind stone. Mark A Kruger wrote: > Adam, > > Thankfully I'm not looking for a job - but it's nice to know I'm > disqualified for your fine institution (whatever it is) in advance.... Saves > me a stamp. I'll see your lack of interest in my career and safely double it > on yours. Thankfully all of our wiki researcher positions are filled at the > moment :) Tightly defining something that is already as vague as a > "framework" does not encourage adoption. I probably agree with you on the > whole - I just don't think it is a useful endevour to argue semantics when > the goal is to encorage adoption. So I guess that makes me anti-semantic. > > Should I have said "less wiki and more Dr. Phil"? > > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Adam Reynolds > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Frameworks: FarCry now listed > > > Mark, > Frameworks in general are (quoting from wiki here): In software development, > a *framework* is a defined support structure in which another software > project can be organized and developed. A framework > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_framework> may include support > programs, code libraries > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computer_science%29>, a scripting > language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language>, or other > software <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software> to help develop and /glue > together/ the different components of a software project. > > There are also links to Content Management Frameworks aka Content Management > Systems, which I think is where Farcry sits. It is not what I would call a > framework, because Farcry as a framework does not dictate to me how to > organize and develop my code. > > Getting vague about this isn't good, because if you stick Farcry down as one > of the frameworks you know on your CV, I wouldn't employ you ;) It's a CMS. > > Adam > > Mark A Kruger wrote: > >> Adam, >> >> I have noted that frameworks are so UNLIKE each other as to defy >> attempts to fit them into a concise definition. You can do things with >> Farcry that you can do with a framework and it does provide a >> methodology and abstraction. A tighter definition of frameworks will >> only make them more frustrating and less accessible. What is needed is >> a little less webster and a little more Dr. Phil :) >> >> -mark >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Adam Reynolds >> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:43 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Frameworks: FarCry now listed >> >> >> Erm Farcry is it really a framework? Most CMS' are extendable. It's >> there selling point, but it's not a framework. It's a "if you want to >> play ball, you have to do it this way". >> >> In fact I would say that Farcry is an application that could have been >> written in any frameworks. >> >> Frameworks don't start by offering you a CMS solution. >> >> I really think this is fundamentally misunderstanding what a framework is. >> That or this is a PR exercise. >> >> >> Mark A Kruger wrote: >> >> >>> Geoff, >>> >>> I noted your comment about building a blog in 10 minutes..... Is >>> there any documentation for using Farcry as an application framework? >>> >>> -mark >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:35 AM >>> To: farcry-dev >>> Subject: [farcry-dev] Frameworks: FarCry now listed >>> >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> If you enjoy FarCry for building applications you might take a moment >>> to vote for FarCry as a framework here: >>> >>> >>> >> http://cfframeworks.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/10/20/Rate-your-favorite-c >> oldfus >> >> >>> ion-framework >>> >>> geoff >>> http://www.daemon.com.au/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
