Hey Dan, I've actually (IMO), got a very light controller.cfc, (the max lines I have of any method in there is 20 lines. most are 5-10). It's just got a LOT of methods, and I wanted to make it easier to put all the stuff (controller methods) dealing with "this part of the app here" and all the methods dealing with this part of the app into this file..
I actually followed the training that you indicated. It's what finally got me over the hump on using ModelGlue.. I gotta be truthful with you. I left the CF world for about 5 years and worked in Oracle APEX almost exclusively. When we were told we were moving back to CF, I wasn't real keen on the idea. ModelGlue after I got my feet under it changed all that... Love coding in it now.. And it simplifies it on so many levels too.. Thanks, Cliff On Sep 28, 9:02 am, Dan Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Clifford, > > You are definitely running into a design problem. If you feel like you've > got too much into one controller, you probably are doing too much inside of > the controller. > > In the world of Model Glue, the controller has a very small job. It's job is > to: > > - Get the user input ( form, URL) and put it into an object. (this is > probably a bean-style object you created) > - Pass the object into Model objects (Services, Managers, DAOs, Gateways, > whatever) > - Deal with the results of the Model Call (put things into the Event > object, Add a result, Throw an error, whatever) > > So, if the methods in your controller have more than 5-50 lines of code in > them (at Maximum) that's a sign you aren't breaking out the logic > appropriately into Model objects. This causes your codebase to become > unorganized and causes copy-paste style coding. It will definitely reduce > some of the benefit of using Model Glue, because you've got too much > unreusable code. > > It might be best for you to go over the Model Glue training, found > here:http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/Training#WelcometoModel-Glue3Training > > I'd recommend taking the time to actually install the training files and > follow all of the lessons. You'll find the answers to a lot of your > questions in the training. > > ( You'll likely remember a lot of this from our Training Class at > CFObjective. ) > > Post back with any questions and we'll do our best to answer them, > > DW > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Clifford Moon <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > What do I need to do to split up the controller.cfc into more > > manageable "smaller" files. I've attempted several things, but still > > wind up with the methods not being found in Controller.cfc. Is there > > anything special that one needs to do to make it recognize subordinate > > controller files. I've duplicated the <cfcomponent> tag in > > another .cfc in the controller directory, but didnt work, and I wind > > up with the following error: > > > Message The method needGenericAdminForm was not found in component D: > > \Website\aa\EventManagement\controller\Controller.cfc. > > Detail Ensure that the method is defined, and that it is spelled > > correctly. > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > Cliff > > > -- > > 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]<model-glue%2bunsubscr...@googlegrou > > ps.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en > > -- > William Osler - "We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we > can from life." -- 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
