Please read the inline comments :)
> I am really interested in understanding the Fusebox methodology, but I
> am getting a little hung up on the "circuits" vs. "fuses" and what files
> are required for each.
A circuit is a grouping of like functionality. It could be compared to a
class. A fuse on the other hand is an atomic piece of code. A template
that does one thing, and one thing only, it just does it very well. Well
that's the goal at least.
> I downloaded the core FB 3.0 files and checked out the presentation that
> build the simple USerManager app. Now, is the UserManager app
> considered a 'circuit'? If so, If I were to create another 'circuit' to
> handle 'Contacts' for example, would I need to copy all those 'core
> files' into another folder named 'Contacts' or is only one copy of the
> core files required per entire FB application?
Only one full copy of the core files is required, if you don't plan on
calling any of your nested circuits directly. You must have a minimum of an
fbx_settings and fbx_switch in each circuit directory. If you want to have
a nested layout wrapped around the content generated by that circuit you
must also have a fbx_layout template.
> Also, I bought the 2.0 white papers last summer, but just never got
> around to using/reading them, as I just had no time. Now, is there a
> similar document for 3.0, or is it just the one that exists on
> fusebox.org? 3.0 seems on first glance to be a good bit different than
> 2.0, so I am wondering, would it be best to not read/study the doc I
> have.
I was unaware that there were FB 2 white papers available. Do you mean the
book? That aside you can purchase the white paper, and the conference in a
box at http://www.halhelms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.shop Also on the
FB.org site there are a lot of resources at
http://www.fusebox.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=learn.resourceList. I would
suggest getting Kathryn Butterly's excellent newbie guide at
http://bombusbee.com/index.php?fuseaction=downloads. There is also a lot of
information on the FB 3 PHP Standard there.
> Finally, the 'fusedocs' is there a way to expedite their creation for
> each template? And is the 'fusedoc' required?
There are various tools and papers on how best to fusedoc your app.
Anytime you are looking for something about FB 3 I would suggest you go to
http://www.fusebox.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=learn.resourceList first look
around follow the links, and then if you run into something shoot us e-mail
here. I have found that the people on this list will always go the extra
mile (or kilometer) to help you, no matter if it's your first day, or your
already an expert. I think you will find that the current standard and the
supporting community will be tools that will make you a much better
developer.
I hope this has helped you out some, and again if you have any questions
just shoot off an e-mail, and someone will be here to help. It's almost
like we have a 24 hour customer support line :)
Tim Heald
ACP/CCFD :)
Application Development
www.schoollink.net
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