I once had DWMX totally kill a large CFM file. Every time it saved the file it saved it as junk, every single time. I was lucky that I could copy the code out of DWMX and paste into homesite or I would have lost a lot of work. So don't trust DWMX with big files either.
Russ -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 August 2005 20:53 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFEclipse 1.2 syntactical waste. code bloat whatever. 2000 lines of logic isnt CRAZY. i understand not recommended, but an IDE should have some fuzzy line where its performance gets dumb, and under that its ok. thats wrong. homesite works fine with the file. dreamweaver works fine with the file. cfeclipse doesnt. its the IDE. tw On 8/16/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok. so that makes a lot of sense. sure. > > conform your development to the editor... > > SURE! > > > homesite has no problems. > > > sounds like the editor. > > > tw > > Well no... that's not why I advocate not making files larger than 500 > lines... I advocate not making these hideously large files because > they cause all sorts of other problems, and so... given that being the > case, the issue of an IDE having a problem with a file over 500 lines > imo should be a moot issue, since you should never run into that > problem anyway. > > To put it another way... I don't complain about the fact that I may > run into problems sending 10MB+ files via my email client because imo, > I shouldn't be trying to use my email client to do that. So by that > same token, why would I complain that an IDE has a problem keeping up > with a lousy, monolithic, likely improbable to maintain file that I > shouldn't be creating in the first place? > > Admittedly, I also write a lot of templates < 10 lines... although > these have never caused me any problems. > > I probably do have one or two files that break that rule -- I know I > have a few CFC's in the framework that are larger (I don't recall off > the top of my head if any are over 500 lines), but by no means are > they ever mulitple thousdands of lines. CFC's are a bit of a minor > exception in some cases because you can get a lot of reuseable > functionality in a single template but barring that, the larger a > template becomes, the more problematic it is for one reason or > another. If it's not the IDE, then it _will_ be something else. In > most cases I see a lot of copy-paste coding, lack of encapsulation (or > cohesion if you like), and or simple syntactical waste in larger > templates. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215341 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
