After some more thought, I could see them coming in handy if I were building a script-based, traditional setup. However, I am a recent fusebox addict (which is amazing, btw) and therefore there isn't much need for me to make an additional CFC to handle output. The concept of fuses is that they're simple and easily editable so adding unnecessary complexity wouldn't really help me out much. Plus, then I'm worrying about relative paths to other files and what-not. I kinda like how things are broken up into individual items as it helps me see the overall "picture" of what I'm working on and certain display fuses are grouped together and keep things organized and manageable (which can be done with multiple CFCs I suppose). To that end, there's no reason for *me* to use a CFC, but I'm sure someone could find a valid reason to use them for display purposes. But I think if I were using a script-based setup, I might consider using CFCs for display purposes to help compartmentalize everything.
Ultimately, I'm not a cf pro by any means, but I always like these kinds of conversations because it kinda forces you to think outside the box and challenge ideas where people say you do it "just because." Sometimes it's good to go by those standards just because someone else found the pitfalls that you haven't hit yet, but sometimes many people just fall into line because they didn't want to rethink the whole process, which is just as valid of a reason as well... Mike Ian Skinner wrote: > "Well, the generally accepted "best practice" is that CFCs should *not* > output anything..." > > WHY??? > > I understand why one would not want to mix display functionality with other > layers of logic, and I am trying to learn how to separate my coding along > these lines. But nobody has explained to me why it is "inherently" bad to do > display in a CFC as long as that is the purpose of that CFC. Is there > something wrong with creating a display CFC for ones view layer? > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229732 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
