Archive for February, 2007
Model-Glue 2: Built to Last, by Joe Rinehart
Notes from Joe Rineharts talk on Model Glue at Frameworks 2007.
Instead of being a presentation on Actionpacks, Joe changed the topic to Model-Glue 2 in general with focus on how it’s changed with 1.1 to the new Unity release still in beta.
Actionpacks are a term used to describe included ModelGlue.xml files. Instead of one [...]
Rails for the Ruby-Impaired, John Paul Ashenfelter
Notes from John Paul Ashenfelter’s talk on Ruby on Rails at Frameworks 2007.
Regardless of what language you’re developing you’ll be facing the same problems. Frameworks across all languages have that in common - they try to make developing easier, usually with some take on the model-view-controller pattern. The holy grail of application development is something [...]
Interface Driven Architecture, by Hal Helms
Notes from Hal Helm’s talk on Interface Driven at Frameworks 2007.
The biggest complaint that users have with software is that it doesn’t work that way they want it to. We’re programmers not designers after all, so spending time on the interface isn’t our area of expertise.
When we talk about Frank Lloyd Wright buildings we [...]
Designing Framework-Agnostic Models with CFCs, by Brian Kotek
Notes from Brian Kotek’s talk on Framework-Agnostic Models at Frameworks 2007.
To get a good handle on what constitutes a model, Brian starts by going over just where the model lies in the MVC pattern relative to frameworks. Adding queries to your machii listeners directly, or act pages in fusebox, or controllers in model glue is [...]
Frameworks Development Teams Pragmatism, by Orguz Demirkapi
One of the main reasons to use a framework is to optimize development. Having a defined work flow offers a clear path for developers to take, making a standard for all developers to follow. When you want to maintain an application it’s easier for the next developer to pick up (or for you to pick [...]
Advanced Fusebox 5: Extending the Language of Fusebox, by Sean Corfield
Notes from Sean Corfield’s talk on Ajax and Model Glue at Frameworks 2007.
XML is used by most the top coldfusion frameworks. All of these offer a language for your controllers. One unique feature of Fusebox 5.0 is that it is not limited to the XML vocabulary set in place there and can be expanded with [...]
Filling in the Gaps
You may have noticed a gap in my posting for the early morning talks yesterday. Well I was still waking waking up when I went to those. I didn’t take the same kind of notes I took in the other presentations, but here are my thoughts on ones I did go to.
Building Sustainable Software with [...]
Make AJAX Easy with Model-Glue - Joe Rinehart
Notes from Joe Rinehart’s talk on Ajax and Model Glue at Frameworks 2007.
Ajax in this context is using an out of bound information in javascript allowing multiple page requests within a single page. Joe’s going over some ajax basics and how it’s changed our html workflow. We no longer get an entire request back, now [...]
Introduction to AOP with Coldspring - Chris Scott
Notes from Chris Scotts talk on AOP at Frameworks 2007.
For those reading back, you’ll know AOP is something I’ve been interested in for a while. Chris Scott has a series of articles on Aspect Oriented Programming. The main purpose of it is to reduce code by creating code that is very loosely coupled with your [...]
Application Generation: Beyond Scoffolding by Peter Bell
Notes from Peter Bells talk on Application Generation at Frameworks 2007.
Language Oriented Programming is a new approach to programming. Like model driven development or the like, it focuses around objects that can be managed. Scaffolding offers free functionality by using introspection to examine the database and generate code based on that. Scaffolding is just a [...]
