An Excellent Introduction to Fusebox
Written: May 18 '01 (Updated May 18 '01)
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Pros: Easy to read, friendly book with tons of code examples and practical Cold Fusion tips.
Cons: Could have benefitted from the inclusion of an example CD.
The Bottom Line: If you want to learn about Fusebox, this is clearly the best place to start.
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| skadar's Full Review: Steve Nelson and Craig Girard - Fusebox: Methodolo... |
Having recently become interested in the Fusebox Cold Fusion methodology, I was happy to discover that a very concise and friendly book exists in order to explain it.
Fusebox is not a technology in and of itself... but rather a methodology or protocol for scripting Cold Fusion. The Fusebox name not only refers back to its Cold Fusion foundation, but also extends forward through the analogy of a physical electrical fusebox.
The core of the Fusebox method revolves around the index.cfm file, which *is* the fusebox. Everything runs through it. As different "fuseactions" are passed through it, they trigger the activation of "circuit applications", which are basically separate applications in their own subdirectories with their own index.cfm files.
It's a very interesting method of writing Cold Fusion that emphasizes code portability, reusability, and understandability. At work, I'm currently working on a module to our main application that is so complicated, I would be surprised if anyone else could figure out without studying it for a few days. This is not a good thing. If I had coded this module using Fusebox, and if my team members were at least familiar with Fusebox, they would be able to decypher the module with very little effort.
Fusebox is nothing amazing... really. It's just a protocol. You can come up with your own if you like. But it takes a lot of effort. This is where Fusebox shines... they've already done all the work to establish a protocol that has already been tested. All you have to do is learn it and adopt it, and you're in business. You don't have to worry about whether or not you're eventually going to hit a brick wall.
The book itself is very easy to read... very friendly with lots of code examples. Along with the general Fusebox instruction, there are tons of practical Cold Fusion tips that you can use whether or not you adopt Fusebox. I didn't expect this, but I was happy to find them.
As I was reading the book, I couldn't help but think that it could have seriously benefitted from the inclusion of an example CD with sample applications.
Interestingly enough, I believe that you can only obtain this book through a website called www.secretagents.com. I'm not sure what covert operatives have to do with Fusebox, but I guess it sounds cool anyway.
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