FYI, on the ColdSpring Google group there is now a small discussion about the ColdSpring docs and making sure they have a good home on a server somewhere.
-Nolan On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Dean Lawrence <dean...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Nolan, I appreciate your insights. I'm pretty much on the same page > as you, but I guess I am mainly concerned that with the ColdSpring site > apparently gone, that I can't even get to the documentation to try to > either troubleshoot an issue or even expand on features that I haven't > worked with before, not necessarily that ColdSpring is more or less likely > to fail than other libraries. > > I will probably end up doing what you suggested, leave existing sites > alone, but maybe try one of the newer and maintained libraries for future > projects. > > Thanks again, > > Dean > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:45 PM Nolan Erck <nolan.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I like ColdSpring. I like having "XML documentation" for that layer of my > > codebase. As such, I have several sites that I don't plan to migrate to > > DI/1 or WireBox. I also do a lot of Java consulting work, and switching > > from Spring (Java) to ColdSpring (CFML) is less painful for my brain. :) > > That being said, lots of people like DI/1 and Wirebox, but all you'd > "gain" > > by moving to them is being able to say "yes we're now using DI/1 instead > of > > ColdSpring". > > > > I don't see why ColdSpring would be more likely to break from a future CF > > update than any other library. One should always test code when changing > > flavors of CF, that's not specific to ColdSpring. > > > > Personally, I'd leave the site alone at least for now. Future projects, > I > > consider DI/1 or Wirebox, depending on the stack and requirements. I'm > > also semi-secretly hoping someone maintains ColdSpring moving forward, > but > > I'm probably in the minority on that. > > > > 2 cents. Hope that helped. > > > > -Nolan > > > > PS. Shameless plug! I'm giving a talk at dev.Objective() titled > "Dependency > > Injection: Why Is It Awesome and Why Should I Care?" Ya'll should come > > watch! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Dean Lawrence <dean...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been using ColdSpring for a good number of years and it is pretty > > much > > > a part of almost every site that I have developed. When trying to > access > > > http://coldspringframework.org/ to look at the docs, I get a service > > > unavailable error. It was like this when I tried to access it about a > > month > > > ago as well. Is the site defunct? > > > > > > I know that the project has not been worked on for some time, so my > > > question is, should I consider migrating my sites to another dependency > > > injection solution? If so, which would you suggest? I've briefly looked > > at > > > Wirebox and DI/1, but have never put either one into play. Also, what > > kind > > > of work am I looking at to convert my existing sites? The thought of > > doing > > > this gives me heartburn, but I don't want to have to scramble if some > > > future CF or Java update breaks ColdSpring. > > > > > > I appreciate any input. > > > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
