Greetings, I like the idea.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Seth Bienek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Y’all, > > > > With our June meeting coming up next Wednesday, Billy Cravens speaking on > advanced ORM and all, I found it timely and interesting what the Dallas CFUG > is doing… See Dave Shuck’s post to their discussion list below. > > > > Any thoughts from y’all on “homework” like this? > > > > Take Care, > > > > Seth > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Dave Shuck > *Sent:* Monday, June 14, 2010 3:36 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [DFW CFUG] Homework for the July meeting > > > > As was discussed at the June monthly meeting, we are going to start a new > concept in which we hand out a "homework assignment" to the group to work on > for the next meeting. Then instead of having a training topic in the first > our, we will use that time to review and discuss various participants' > approaches to solving the problem. By no means is the homework mandatory, > but you will likely get out of this exercise what you put into it. > > For the first stab at this I thought that CF ORM would be a great topic. > As I told the group, I would provide a "spec" of sorts so that we would all > be viewing the same end result, and the discussion would hopefully be > limited to how we got there more than what we actually created. For this > example, I suggested the idea of an overly simple blog where we can create > entries and entries can have comments. I am attaching a dummy HTML template > for our finished product. Please note, this is intentionally plain and > ugly. I want the focus of this to be on the CFML, not the fancy client-side > stuff that we can add in, as will be addressed in the requirements listed > here: > > - No user authentication. We will just assume that if you are on the > page you can create an entry. > - No ajax will be used. For the comment form and for the new entry > form, make them a separate CFML template. Again, the intent here isn't on > slick UI, but rather a clear way to separate the work for demonstration > purposes. > - There are only two objects in the model: Entry and Comment. An > Entry will have a 1-n relationship to Comment > - No frameworks. Keep it raw! :) > > Attached is the sample HTML that you will use for your blog. Based on the > example data you will see that Entries are ordered by descending creation > date, and Comments are ordered by ascending creation date. > > Please reply to this thread for any comments of discussion on the > assignment and most of all... have fun! It will be interesting to see what > everyone comes up with. > > > ~Dave Shuck > /************************************** > blog: www.daveshuck.com > tweets: www.twitter.com/dshuck > cf peeps: www.dfwcfug.org > **************************************/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group" 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/dfwcfug?hl=en > > > On October 19, 2007, we made the move to Google Groups from our previous > list manager. If you are looking for messages prior to that date, you may > want to search the archive here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston > ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -- James Husum The Quixote Project - one guy's quest to make the world a better place - http://www.thequixoteproject.org/ Brainsludge - all the shtuff running around my brain - http://www.brainsludge.com/ Currently reading: The Shining Ones by David Eddings -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en
