The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Rich Z
I am a big fan and advocate of CFML, but I have to confess, I've grown so tired of wrapping cfoutput tags around values like CFOUTPUT#this#/CFOUTPUT. Now I know I could put Cfoutputs at the top and bottom of my page (or block) and save myself some hassle, but I've read in numerous places that this

RE: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Barney Boisvert
To: CF-Talk Subject: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT I am a big fan and advocate of CFML, but I have to confess, I've grown so tired of wrapping cfoutput tags around values like CFOUTPUT#this#/CFOUTPUT. Now I know I could put Cfoutputs at the top and bottom of my page (or block) and save myself

The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Mike Mertsock
I have become a fan of the WriteOutput() function. For your example below, you can do cfset WriteOutput(this). I like it because it's quicker to type than a pair cfoutput tags, and it is easier to read and write (and perhaps more efficient to execute) when you just need to output one little

Re: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Thursday, Jun 26, 2003, at 12:02 US/Pacific, Rich Z wrote: I am a big fan and advocate of CFML, but I have to confess, I've grown so tired of wrapping cfoutput tags around values like CFOUTPUT#this#/CFOUTPUT. Now I know I could put Cfoutputs at the top and bottom of my page (or block) and

RE: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Rich Z
Ah. Didn't know that things changed since MX. Very cool (and much less painful, heh). Thanks for the link also - very useful. -Rich -Original Message- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

Self-Contained templates? WAS: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Matt Robertson
Sean, Great resource, those coding guidelines. I have a related question. I noticed the guidelines specify removing cf processing into a physically different template. Is it such a bad thing to keep a template and any directly associated actions in the same file for the sake of keeping

Re: Self-Contained templates? WAS: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Thursday, Jun 26, 2003, at 16:37 US/Pacific, Matt Robertson wrote: Great resource, those coding guidelines. Thanx. I intend to publish a revised set of guidelines this summer that take into account my team's experiences with developing about a quarter of a million lines of CFMX code that is

RE: Self-Contained templates? WAS: The Verbosity of CFOUTPUT

2003-06-26 Thread Matt Robertson
Thx for looking, Sean. The comment you referenced was what I was keying on. I'd imagine do something and do something else are alternative ways to set up the data for the presentation section of the page Yup. Any action to process the current data in some way. and that call security is