On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Matt Quackenbush wrote: ... >> I've got to say a whole lot of OO style coding >> still feels to me like I'm driving around the block to go next door. > > 2) When you get into the maintenance phase of your application, you will be > happy as a lark that you drove around the block. It will save you loads of > time on the back end. :-)
This is sooo true. Like, I'm on a personal crusade against direct access of the CGI scope. Model-Glue has been one of the *very* few frameworks (including CMSs) which hasn't forced me to muck around with various files when I do some crazy url rewriting or some-such. I got burned a long time ago by relying on cgi.script_name in a lot of places. Would have saved me a lot of time if I had abstracted that out by just one level. The analogy is more similar to running around the block, than driving-- You're in better shape for those days when you have to run next door 50 times in a row. You won't be all out of breath after the first couple sprints. =) That said, it's easy to go totally nuts and um, run too much, so to speak. I guess balance takes practice. But not /too much/ practice. ;) :DeN* -- All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions. John Stuart Mill -- Model-Glue Sites: Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" 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/model-glue?hl=en
