CF_2CFMODULE makes a copy of your original code base in a folder named <sourcefoldername>_original, then places the converted code in the original directory so you can just convert and go.
So you have to remember to never check your converted code into source control or you'll have to go searching for the unconverted version (if you didn't have the forethought to label your project before conversion) and check it out again. And if you want to make changes, you have to check the entire project out of source control again to overwrite the converted version, make the change, check it back in while leaving it checked out (or re-get as writeable), then convert the entire project over again. We didn't think it would be that much of an annoyance, but it becomes one after a short while. The new approach should really work well. Totally transparent, zero impact on source control. Always improving... Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J O'Keefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:32 AM Subject: RE: [plum] Major change to Plum deployment workflow! > What were the issues with source control? Having 2 different copies? I must > admit, I am aware of the LoRCAT tool but have not looked into it much so > cannot offer an opinion in that area. > > > Dan > =================== Previous Message Below =================== > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam > Churvis > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:20 PM > To: Plum Discussion List > Subject: [plum] Major change to Plum deployment workflow! > > David and I just finished a big Plum project that required a number of rapid > changes, and the whole CF_2CFMODULE conversion got in the way of source > control more than once, so we've come up with what we think is a great idea > to solve this problem once and for all. We'd like to get your feedback on > it. > > You'll install an autostarting Windows service named "Plum Service" on your > development workstation, then edit an XML configuration file that specifies > pairs of Origination and Destination directories, which can be anywhere on > your network that you can access. You refresh the service after > configuration is done, and the service then "watches" each Origination > directory for new and changed .cfm files. Once a .cfm file is added or > changed, it runs that file through the CF_2CFMODULE process and places the > converted copy (CFMODULE calls instead of CF_ calls) into the destination > directory. > > This way you can setup both a development site and a staging site, the two > are always in synch with one another, and you can immediately go from > testing the development site to testing the staging site with a quick edit > of the URL in your browser. The Plum Service will not copy your site's > Environment.cfm file, so everything that is converted will slipstream into > its environment. > > You'll be able to re-synch directories through the command line with a > -resynch flag in case you turn off the service temporarily and make changes > to the contents of either directory. > > This new approach will be entirely transparent to the development process, > and will no longer interfere with source control in any way. You'll never > have to add the converted version to source control - just the original CF_ > version you work with. > > Now for the real kicker... *We're going to eventually add LoRCAT to the Plum > Service*, so that you can also transparently LoRCAT your files after they > are CFMODULEd. You'll be able to set a flag in your XML configuration file > that says whether you're LoRCATting in Analysis Mode or Production Mode. > > This will make both load analysis and pre-processed whitespace removal > automatic and transparent, resulting in your deployment of a truly high > performance code base. > > So from now on your Plum applications will run more efficiently because you' > ll see exactly where load is concentrated, then when analysis is done and > you're in production mode, your Plum application will run as fast as > possible because you won't have so much as one extra whitespace character > throughout your entire code base. > > We're still going to charge for the LoRCAT part, but I'd like to get your > feedback on that as well. We're currently selling the LoRCAT standalone > utility for $495.00, so in your opinion how much should we charge to add it > to the Plum Services? > > What do you think about these ideas overall? > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Member of Team Macromedia > http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com > > Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive > Master-level training: > > * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers > * ColdFusion MX Master Class > * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 > > > ********************************************************************** > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change your > subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > ********************************************************************** > > > > > ********************************************************************** > You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change > your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: > > http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from lists, and you can change your subscriptions between normal and digest modes here: http://www.productivityenhancement.com/support/DiscussionListsForm.cfm **********************************************************************
