> Forgive my ignorance, but what is the purpose of > building "static" pages from "dynamic" content? > Search engines? > > (Kinda funny...seems like we all work so hard to > make dynamic pages, now we're talking about how > to make them static?)
The primary reason is simply performance. Dynamic pages are very expensive, database queries are very expensive. In cases where they're not really needed, you can support a lot more users with much less runtime work by using static pages. Many sites and applications provide the same data to all viewers; why do all that work over and over again at runtime, when you could build a static HTML page once ahead of time and present that same page to everyone? In my experience, this way of thinking is the key to building scalable applications - whenever possible, avoid doing unnecessary work at runtime. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
