I Had Fun Yesterday!
We've been really busy at work for years. A lot of the time it feels like a grind. But, yesterday, I really enjoyed myself.
I have been working on a project that will get us started on using CFCs for our database access. I know, I know. We're a little late for that train, huh... Well, a huge portion of our application was already written in the FB3 framework before CFCs even existed. That's a lot of procedural momentum. It took me a long time to get approved to start this project (and even longer to fit it in my work schedule).
Due to requirements at work, I am using Brian Rinaldi's Illudium PU-36 Code Generator. I made a minor tweek to the generator code so that I could use it outside of the flex interface. And I've been spending some time here and there customizing the generator templates to produce the code I want.
Yesterday, I finally got the per-table templates to a good place and started building the service that will pull it all together. As I built that out and made small changes to it and the templates during the day, my test template kept getting cleaner and simpler all day long! I really just wanted to share how exciting it was. I'm doing something that will really help us at work! And I'm proud of it from a technical perspective!
I think the last time I was this excited at work was when I proved that we could use AJAX and started making parts of our application much more intuitive. :-)
If people are interested in what I'm doing with Brian's generator, how I'm using it, how I'm organizing my CFCs, etc., I could write that up. Anyone?
No need to apologize for the fact you're just starting to use CFC objects for database transactions. I think most of us look at the latest technologies and techniques all around us and feel like we're behind in one area or another (at least I do). There's only so much time to get things done, so you make your improvements when and where you can.
This I would love to see.
I use the Illudium Code Generator a lot. One of my biggest problems with it is that it takes too many clicks to get anything of scale done. It is something to the tune of 10-15 clicks per table. It really adds up.
@Brian S. - I appreciate your comments. There are so many areas that I want to improve... Sometimes I feel discouraged. However, I look at last year and my skills in most of my core technologies actually improved a lot. I'm much stronger in JavaScript, CSS, and SQL than I was at the end of 2006. So, maybe this year is the big year for OO and patterns...
@Henry and @Cozmo - I'll communicate with my bosses at work and share as much as they are willing to let me. :-)
Every went well. :-) I will try to make time soon to do a write-up on my experience.