Devils advocate... To be fair, don't pan blame on the past developer on someones word as you haven't seen the code, it could be very well written and it is the current developers who simple don't understand it (not saying it is, just that it could be). If may well be a pile of crap (not giftwrapped) but it could also be well structured just using more complex code.
Just my £0.02p "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer To: CF-Talk Sent: Thu May 17 17:28:45 2007 Subject: Re: Does CF Framework make life easier? Which one to start? On 5/17/07, James Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cant speak about Frameworks in general, but I can tell you to avoid FuseBox like the plague. > > If all you ever coded in was fusebox, then maybe its an OK framework to work with. > > We hired a new developer who told us that FuseBox was the bomb and that he knew it. We gave him a specific project to code using FuseBox and to this day we regret it. The code is so difficult to read, understand and debug that any possible gain in the form of reusable code is immediately lost many times over in finding the code you intend to reuse. > > Maybe the project was too large for FuseBox. Maybe the guy was incompetent (he no longer works for us). But we deeply regret allowing him to code that project in FuseBox and have not even considered using it again. James: I can't speak about Frameworks in general either, as I've only just recently started using one... and it happened to be Fusebox. My guess would be that your developer may not have been particularly competent. Frankly, it's easy to write "bad" fusebox. Is that a negative about the framework itself? Perhaps... but it also makes learning the framework a bit less intimidating. Since I've been using it, I've come across some horrible (i mean truly, truly horrible) fusebox code. At it's most basic.. the only real "rule" it asks you to adhere to is separating your display code into dsp_ files, and your logic into act_ (there is also qry_ and lay_... but let's just stick to those 2 to keep it basic). I've seen code where -all- of the page is in one single act_ file. And yes, that makes maintenance a nightmare. But y'know what? That's not Fusebox :) I can take a crap and wrap it up in a box from Saks Fifth Avenue but that doesn't make it any less... crap. Check out some good fusebox code and I think you'll find that it does *significantly* make your code easier to maintain. But the effort has to be put in up front. Otherwise, you just get... well, crap :) Just my $0.02 as a spaghetti coder who has really been enjoyiong organizing his code with fusebox. -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278478 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
