Yeah, I read that one (all of it!) a while back. In the end, it's still down to preference IMO. Some people like things to be rigidly defined, while others like things to be looser. Some are very theoretical in their approaches to things while others are more pragmatic and just kind of experiment more to see what seems to work, regardless of if it seems to fit a certain methodology or not. It's kind of like strongly typed vs weakly typed languages. Some people are just adament that one or the other is better. I think there are just a lot of flavors out there and you can pick the one you like best, or even create your own! Within reason of course, not everything is a good idea, but quality work has been produced with a number of different approaches. -TM
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Bell Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Reactor for CF] XML Configuration Files Of course, if you are using Rails as a guide, you should check out Joe's comments on the subject :-> http://www.firemoss.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry <http://www.firemoss.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=8F2D5D6A-3048-55C9- 4315FAAD54617516> &entry=8F2D5D6A-3048-55C9-4315FAAD54617516 Best Wishes, Peter On 3/24/07 1:06 PM, "Thomas Messier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm building an MVC framework and I'm making sure XML is NOT a part of it. I don't think there's anything wrong with using XML or not, I think you can build something well with or without it, it's down to preference. RoR doesn't use it and that's one of the reasons I love it. If I put in static configuration files, I'd probably use JSON before I used XML. -TM _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Cullen Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Reactor for CF] XML Configuration Files Quick Question (or maybe not that quick): Why do most of the ColdFusion frameworks around use XML configuration files rather than providing methods to build the required data structure in ColdFusion? Something in line with what RoR does. Have programmers, more experienced that I, found XML configs are more flexible in the long run? Or perhaps they're just easier to setup at the beginning? I'm building an MVC framework and I've been trying to avoid the "XML situps" at all cost. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Sorry for the off topic post but most of the active contributors on this listserv are very insightful. Thanks in advance. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List [email protected] Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List [email protected] Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
