Nice. I wasn't aware of this site. Hopefully it'll gain some popularity/traffic.
charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kola Oyedeji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Best Practices > There is one already.. > > http://www.how2cf.com/ > > > Kola > > > >>Might be nice to start a "cf coding tips" site...I'd be more than > happy to > >>throw a form online to collect tips from anybody who wants to enter a > few > >> (as well as a page to output them). Over time it might even become > the > >>basis for a best practices doc (maybe setting up a 'rate this tip' to > see >>if > >>it really is something that people have found works for them). I know > >>that > >>I'd benefit greatly from such a site. I'd like to think that many > others > >>would as well. > >>Feedback/comments/suggestions appreciated :) > > >>Charlie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sean A Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: Best Practices (was: Re: 33 and 33d the same? > > > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 04:22 , Matthew Walker wrote: > > > In this particular case I didn't think the thread had changed. I > thought > > > I was talking about whether the concept of using Compare() negated > the > > > existence of the issue regarding 33d. I was just woken up and was > eating > > > breakfast at the time, so I may have been mistaken, as often I am at > > > that terrible hour. > > > > Ah, the "not enough coffee yet" time... I know it well. Yes, looking > back > > at the posts, there were still elements of the original question but I > > think I was frustrated by the 100+ ("lots" anyway) posts with the same > > subject, many of which weren't really dealing with the original > issue... I > > just happened to pick your post to reply to because it raised a > different > > point that I wanted to address... My bad, too, I suppose. > > > > > While best practices do change from company to company / version to > > > version etc, I think it's reasonable to say there is a more or less > > > established but unwritten set of best practice ideas circulating. > > > > Well, I'm not quite so convinced since there seem to be so many > > disagreements on anything held up as 'best practice'... > > > > > reasoning for that is that I hear the same ideas (e.g. use <cfif x> > > > rather than <cfif x neq 0>) over and over. > > > > And as an example, that's one I would disagree (vehemently) with, > unless > > 'x' is a boolean (true/false). > > > > If 'x' is genuinely boolean, then '<cfif x>' is the more intentional > way > > to write it (although 'x' is a *terrible* name for a boolean variable! > :) > > > > If 'x' is an integer, then the comparison should be against zero - > again, > > emphasizing the *intention* behind the code. > > > > With a decent compiler, there should be no speed difference - and even > if > > there is, the readability of the code would almost always outweigh any > > marginal performance gain. > > > > When would I sanction using the faster code instead of the more > readable > > code? Only when someone had proved to me that in their particular > > application, changing that fragment made a measurable - and > significant - > > improvement in execution speed. > > > > I spent years doing code audits and writing coding guidelines around > the > > world so I'm fairly passionate about this sort of thing! :) > > > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > > -- Margaret Atwood > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
