> > You say you have a lot of utility functions that don't need to be in a cfc. > If you have a lot of them, why not just create a cfc called utility and > stick them all in one cfc? >
Huh... That is exactly what I thought to myself right after I hit send. i.e., "huh that is kinda dumb.... It would be much easier to stick them in a cfc." I respectfully stand corrected. G! On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Paul Alkema <paulalkemadesi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hm, I respectfully disagree with putting functions in cfm pages entirely no > matter how it's being pulled. I think there's a place for functions and > that's in cfcs. > > You say you have a lot of utility functions that don't need to be in a cfc. > If you have a lot of them, why not just create a cfc called utility and > stick them all in one cfc? > > Also, if you stick functions and include them most likely your talking to > that function using scoped variables which as other have mentioned is > usually a bad practice to do using functions. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Guido [mailto:gerald.gu...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:54 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Where to put your code > > > My only exceptions to these would be: > > > > Includes > > > > Should Not Contain: Application Logic. Processes or functions. > > > > A lot of times (depending on the app) I stick functions (UDFs) in an > include. I have a lot of utility functions that (arguably) don't really > need > to be in a cfc. > > Custom Tags > > > > Should Contain: Reusable, Dynamic UI or presentation code. (IE > > generic headers that accept passed parameters for customization) > > > > > I generally use custom tags as views for encapsulation purposes. What > happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Then I stick the aforementioned functions > in the request scope or a stuct and/or array to pass into the views. > > G! > > > -- > Gerald Guido > http://www.myinternetisbroken.com > > "Wait. We can't stop here. This is bat country." > -- HST > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339147 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
