After going at this OO thing for some years now, the big advantage to me is simply that it allows you to use the OO frameworks, particularly Transfer! I've settled pretty much on using a ColdSpring/MG/Transfer framework set and it really does speed development significantly ... once you get it. For many people, the transition to using XML holds them back. The key is to use the right editor that can validate and auto-suggest as you type, and also has an overview pane that presents the XML in a tree structure so you can quickly scan large files. I use XMLBuddy in Eclipse. You'll need a day of head scratching to get it set up the first time, and a simple project to get you familiar enough with the XML syntax of a particular language to be really productive. And my memory for syntax is horrible ... so if I can manage, anyone can.
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Clarkee21 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > @Nando - Thanks for the in-depth reply. I'm actually using the non-XML > version of Fusebox (5.5) for my current project. It's really helping > in lay things out internally but the model pages I've built, which are > cfm, are just calling the methods from the application scope and > manipulating the output for the purpose of each action. In that sense > Fusebox kind of just leaves you to it when it comes to orgnanising > your core CFCs. Model-Glue / Coldbox is on my list of things to look > at next ;-). > > @Tom - Thanks a lot Tom. I was actually at that presentation, and the > one the year before :-). That's mainly why I want to look at CS but I > want to make sure that my approach is right before I start adding > extra layers to my application. If I can get my head around the "Why?" > before using CS for the "How" then I felt it would help me understand > things better. > > I guess you've got to make mistakes in order to learn though :-). > > Cheers, > James > > > -- Nando M. Breiter The CarbonZero Project CP 234 6934 Bioggio Switzerland +41 76 303 4477 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CFCDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfcdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
