Thanks Matt, Yea, I intend to provide some comparison of fb4 and mach-ii in the following articles and I may see if I can get some data on BlueDragon just to have a broad-sweep... New Atlanta released the public beta of BlueDragon 6.1 recently (they jumped the version number to make it match the CF version numbers), which afaik now has support for CFC's, so once I either work around or they fix an inconsistency I found in their implementation of <cfargument> then hopefully I'll be able to provide comparisons of all 4 frameworks with it. heh :) Sean Corfield actually sent me an instant message earlier today to ask me about it but I was busy moving at the time. We got a new place downtown -- pretty nice little 4plex. More square footage, gas heat and all wood floors. :)
In any event, I started with Fusebox 3 because I was already familiar with it, having been asked to do an awful lot of Fusebox work in the past. I know a little bit about FB4 and Mach-II but won't know until I get into them how long it will take me to produce the follow-ups. I've also tried to avoid making any claims of stylistic superiority -- obviously I have a personal preference for the coding style encouraged (if not enforced) by the onTap framework, but more often than not this boils down to preference, so I'm wanting to minimize religious flame-wars over the content of the articles. :) I may have a final article after the mach-ii article in which I get a little more into the particulars of what naming conventions, etc. each framework uses, etc. and will likely have some comment about the introduction of "plugins" and why I dislike using xml files for configuration as in fb4 and mach-ii, though I'm going to try to keep it down to the facts as much as possible. At the very least I think that if they were going to use xml files they should store them with a .cfm extension since it seems to me like an open-door for hackers to look at the internal workings of your application. > Thanks for getting this ball rolling Isaac--I personally > think the subject > of frameworks would make a great topic for a CFUG meeting. > Isaac already > knows since we've discussed it, but I thought I'd share > with the rest of you > that I just did my first Mach-II site: > http://www.radicagames.com > (Don't blame me for the design--I had nothing to do with > it!) > Overall I'm extremely impressed with Mach-II, both in > terms of the > flexibility of the framework itself and the speed, but I'd > love to hear > other opinions on it and get some comparison/contrast data > between the major > frameworks such as Isaac has started. > Thanks again Isaac! > Matt > ------------------------- > Matthew P. Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: CaptainJavac > http://www.mattwoodward.com > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: S.Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Framework Comparisons > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:24:22 -0600 > Hi All, > Just wanted to let you know (for those of you not on the > cf-talk list) > that I just published the first of a series of articles > intended to > provide useful comparisons of several popular frameworks > for > coldfusion. > http://www.turnkey.to/ontap/docs/index.cfm?netaction=artic > les/100 > Sorry for the line wrap. > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > team macromedia volunteer > http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap > ----------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org > __________________________________________________________ > _______ > online games and music with a high-speed Internet > connection! Prices start > at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com > (Prices may vary > by service area.) > ----------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap ----------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org
