Philipp Kempgen <philipp.kemp...@amooma.de> writes: > Miguel Molina schrieb: >> Philipp Kempgen escribió: > >>> Use macros in AEL so you don't have to care about the underlying >>> implementation. :-) scnr > >> Right now for every implementation I made, I didn't have the need to >> program in AEL, only plain extensions, some AMI and AGI. But well, it >> seems to have a lot of advantages. Please tell me some, I may take a >> look to it too see if it's worth spending the time to learn and get the >> best out of it. > > I'd say control structures (and proper indentation) are one of the > most important reasons to use AEL (conditionals: if .. else, switch > .. case, ..., loops: for, while) because they look so familiar. > Imagine nested "control structures" in extensions.conf with Goto(), > GotoIf(), While(), EndWhile(), ExitWhile(), ContinueWhile() and > priorities - such code is not what I call maintainable.
Can you recommend a good tutorial or book that covers AEL? I tend to use extensions.conf because most of the examples I come across use it, and it's covered by my first edition of the O'Reilly Asterisk book. Do later editions of the O'Reilly book cover AEL thoroughly? Thanks, ----Scott. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
