Everything between cfoutput tags needs to be parsed. So a big page would slow performance, by how much is prob negligible but worth testing to find out. If there are only a few vars in the whole page then only putting the cfoutput where needed will speed things up. Depends how important those milliseconds are to you.
Regards Russ Michaels On Jun 20, 2012 2:52 AM, "Nathan Strutz" <str...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Matt's dead on. It really doesn't matter very much, anymore. It's a style > preference. > > That said, I would add that style is very important! The ability to scan a > file and know what it's doing without guessing is an important thing. > Having templates that match and create a cohesive feeling application is > also important. > > With that, I'd say wrapping entire templates is ok so long as you don't > force a lot of double-## escaping characters, because that looks ugly. Try > to keep CFML out of your javascript except where it's necessary, because > that looks ugly. Same for stylesheets, because ID selectors get double-hash > marks, which removes you from your context. > > nathan strutz > [www.dopefly.com] [hi.im/nathanstrutz] [about.me/nathanstrutz] > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Matt Quackenbush <quackfu...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Years ago it was much more performant to use the single tag wrapped > around > > everything. Nowadays it is kinda more about personal preference than > > performance. > > > > HTH > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII > > On Jun 19, 2012 6:20 PM, "Rob Voyle" <robvo...@voyle.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Folks > > > > > > I am wondering what is considered best practices for the <cfoutput> tag > > > > > > I have a large page many tables, paragraphs etc. that has text and a > > > series of > > > variables scattered thru it. > > > The simplest coding is to put a <cfoutput> at the begining and a > > > </cfoutput> at > > > the end and us #variable# thru the page > > > > > > or should I use a separate <cfoutput>#variable#</cfoutput> for each new > > > variable. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Rob > > > Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D. > > > Director, Clergy Leadership Institute > > > For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry > > > Author: Restoring Hope: Appreciative Strategies > > > to Resolve Grief and Resentment > > > http://www.appreciativeway.com/ > > > 503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
