To add my 2c, Denny, Reactor isn't really a framework. It is a way to automate the persistence of objects. In OO programming, you often create DAOs and Gateways (data access objects and table data gateways) to abstract your database access code for single records and recordsets. Firstly, I have some issues with the idea of Gateays returning queries, but that is neither here nor there. Reactor just auto creates those.
You probably want to create a set of service objects (one per object - singletons created using a factory or ColdSpring if you want to be fancy!) for doing all of the business logic and the business objects themselves will often have logic (Product.getPrice() may calculate price based on your discounts or whatever). Then you need a controller which you can write yourself or use Model Glue (classic - not Unity!) or Mach -II for. If you are only getting started with OO, I'd thorough recommend checkout out all of the great blog postings on OO programming and would start there. I think it's quite a leap from procedural CF straight to MG Unity, and if yu had to jump straight to a framework, I'd consider mach-ii or Model Glue without Reactor and ColdSpring. ColdSpring solves a real probvlem, but have the problem first and then enjoy the relief i provides. Reactor also speeds development, but I don't think you'll fully understand the trade offs until you've written a few DAOs and agonized over where to put the code for joined objects (how you you get all of the Users in a Company - CompanyService.getUsers()? and if so, what DAO does it call - CompanyDAO or UserDAO). Once you've played with that for a while, you'll be able to choose between Reactor, Transfer (which is looking very interesting - Mark keep up the great work and the shameless plugs!), cfhibernate, or rolling your own ORM. Best Wishes, Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253000 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
