On 3/24/07, Todd Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
I'm not fond of the XML configuration files myself. But I've found Reactor's XML config file to be relatively painless. Like RoR, Reactor tends to favor convention over configuration. I haven't needed to configure much, so my reactor.xml file is pretty small and I don't need to touch it often. I spend at least an order of magnitude more time subclassing Reactor's generated CFCs* than I do editing the configuration file. Since the XML file hasn't turned out to be a point of pain, I haven't worried about it. HTH, Patrick * That is, the CFCs that are created for me by Reactor and "won't be overwritten." -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List [email protected] Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
