In the next month or two, I plan on
having a full section of animated
tutorials dedicated to Flash and
CF-Fusebox. Then after I have a full
set of those, I'll open it up to
Flash/Asp-Fusebox, Flash/PHP-Fusebox
etc.
http://www.SecretAgents.com/training
btw, I'd love to chat with anyone on
this list that has successfully launched
an ASP-Fusebox site or a PHP-Fusebox
site. If you have, shoot me an email.
Steve Nelson
Online Web Development Training:
http://www.SecretAgents.com/training
(804) 825-6093
Joseph Higgins wrote:
>
> Anybody got resources on flash/fusebox? It would be really nice to do am app
> in flash to have it look nice. I can just imagine clicking the delete button
> and having the data fly into a trash bin, or being torched with a
> flamethrower! Haha.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Weakness: Too Focused on Application Tier?
>
> > Oh yeah, one thing Alan didn't mention was how Fusebox ties in with
> > Flash... that's client side like Javascript.
> >
> > I'm still researching this, but even with Flash I think Fusebox will
> > work fabulous. It just acts as the conduit between the database Server
> > and Flash. In Flash you can use the actionscript function GetURL() to
> > obtain data from the server. So this would tie into Fusebox by simply
> > specifying the correct Fuseaction to call depending on where the user
> > clicks. Then simply have a file that creates whatever XML packet is
> > needed in your Flash movie.
> >
> > Fusebox is definitely not only focused on the App-Server layer.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Tom Briscoe wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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