I agree with Lee Borkman. Criticism is a valid part of the discussion here. I, like
many from the sound of things, see the logic and value of FuseBox. But my own
development experience is limited. So I question how much I want to "marry" the
methodology. I've only got so much mental bandwidth to begin.
Dave Watts' comments in CF-Talk on Fusebox were thoughtful. I thank him for that.
But they've not been analyzed here. I'd like to see if we can pull some useful ideas
from it.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03160.html
To quote Mr. Watts:
"Fusebox has some serious flaws, as far as a general-purpose methodology for
web development. Fusebox focuses solely on the application server tier,
ignoring database and client tiers which exist within every application. It
focuses on CFML portability, to the exclusion of application partitioning. I
suspect that Fusebox will run into problems in the future, as Allaire adds
object tiers to the development platform."
Or I've got a shorter version for you. I asked the man, "So what do you think of
FuseBox?" when I took the Advanced CF class from him at FigLeaf. (The training there
is quite good, by the way.) He said, "It's too CF-centric".
Now just what does that mean?
>From what I've read in the CFDJ interview with FigLeaf, they see ColdFusion as the
>"glue" between the client and database sides of an application. So Dave Watts'
>comments make more sense in that context. FigLeaf's own methods work to distribute
>an application's functions to the most appropriate tier. As you know, there are a
>lot of things you CAN do in CF but are much better done with Javascript or stored
>procedures. That makes sense.
So does Fusebox "force" or more mildly "predispose" CF developers to solve problems at
the application tier to the exclusion others?
Does Fusebox adapt well or poorly to applications that have heavier client and/or
database side functions? And how are those incorporated into Fusebox?
Tom Briscoe
Web Developer, AVP
Compass Bank
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.compassweb.com/
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