CF Application Development Experience

>>which I personally do not reccomend for
larger or more complex apps -not very scalable, secure or benefiting from a
large industry of support and third party assistance

coldfusion scales just fine in more recent versions. Though the relative
lack of momentum and smaller industry backing can present soemwhat of a
liability for very large/complex apps. Having said that, its really about
using the right tool fo rteh job. If the app is trully large adn truly
complex, then it is likley java/.net would be selected anyway. (cf is suited
more to personal home page type sites through to medium sized apps imho)



"Bartworth" <bworthington@telstra.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Complex apps work the same - you just need to break the complexity down
> into smaller, simpler, chunks.
>
> A lot of the issues in complex apps revolve around actually gaining a
> thorough understanding of the problems that need solving. Once you are
> sure of those you can beging to break down the complexity.
>
> A good methodology will help - something following the Agile procesess. In
> short, use an iterative approach to producing the app - with each new
> release adding features and functionlaity.
>
> If you are going to use coldfusion (which I personally do not reccomend
> for larger or more complex apps -not very scalable, secure or benefiting
> from a large industry of support and third party assistance) then Mach ii
> is a good framework.
>
>
> "Laksma" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:elacmq$gkb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> I'm wondering if you could share your ColdFusion application development
>> experience. I'm talking about a large and complex application.
>>
>> Besides text/code editor like Dreamweaver, what other tools you use to
>> help
>> your development?
>> Any specific tools for debugging besides cfdump?
>> How do you manage all variables?
>> How about code reuse? Can you really make it happen?
>> How do you integrate your ColdFusion with presentation layer, like HTML?
>> How about framework, like Fusebox or Model-Glue?
>>
>> The problem, I can apply all kind of beautiful theories in a small and
>> simple
>> application. For a large and complex application, it seems too hard. How
>> about
>> you?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> LT
>>
>
>

Complex apps work the same - you just need to break the complexity down into
smaller, simpler, chunks.

A lot of the issues in complex apps revolve around actually gaining a
thorough understanding of the problems that need solving. Once you are sure
of those you can beging to break down the complexity.

A good methodology will help - something following the Agile procesess. In
short, use an iterative approach to producing the app - with each new
release adding features and functionlaity.

If you are going to use coldfusion (which I personally do not reccomend for
larger or more complex apps -not very scalable, secure or benefiting from a
large industry of support and third party assistance) then Mach ii is a good
framework.


"Laksma" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:elacmq$gkb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I'm wondering if you could share your ColdFusion application development
> experience. I'm talking about a large and complex application.
>
> Besides text/code editor like Dreamweaver, what other tools you use to
> help
> your development?
> Any specific tools for debugging besides cfdump?
> How do you manage all variables?
> How about code reuse? Can you really make it happen?
> How do you integrate your ColdFusion with presentation layer, like HTML?
> How about framework, like Fusebox or Model-Glue?
>
> The problem, I can apply all kind of beautiful theories in a small and
> simple
> application. For a large and complex application, it seems too hard. How
> about
> you?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> LT
>