Building Fusebox Frameworks Jeff Peters

What is Fusebox? An Emerging Standard A Way to Think About Web Applications A Way to Organize Development A Way to Manage Dev Projects

What is Fusebox? An Emerging Standard A Way to Think About Web Applications A Way to Organize Development A Way to Manage Dev Projects

An Emerging Standard Created by Steve Nelson and a gang of hundreds Continues to develop and expand “Is not a religion” – Hal Helms “May actually be a cult” – Michael Smith

What is Fusebox? An Emerging Standard A Way to Think About Web Applications A Way to Organize Development A Way to Manage Dev Projects

A Way to Think About Web Applications Provide a standard way to organize an application Control program flow in a very uniform manner Group like functionality together

What is Fusebox? An Emerging Standard A Way to Think About Web Applications A Way to Organize Development A Way to Manage Dev Projects

A Way to Organize Development Great for team development New team members can learn app quickly Revisiting old apps is much easier

What is Fusebox? An Emerging Standard A Way to Think About Web Applications A Way to Organize Development A Way to Manage Dev Projects

Modularity allows much better development control Pre-code prototyping and documentation Dev manager can make assignments that make sense

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

Main Application Many Fusebox apps have a two-tiered approach Main app controls interaction of circuit apps Think of it as the main power junction

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

Circuit Apps Have specific areas of responsibility Each can contain a variety of fuseactions Think of them as the breakers in a power panel

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

Fuseactions Represent specific actions to be performed Each requires one or more fuses Think of them as the wires

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

Fuses Individual CF files May be app, dsp, act, qry or “roll your own” Think of them as lights, switches, motors, etc.

Fusebox Frameworks Main application Circuit apps Fuseactions Fuses Fusebox File

The control center for an app Basically a big CFSWITCH on application.fuseaction Knows what to call and what to call NEXT (XFAs)

Fusedoc Standard for documenting fuses Based somewhat on JavaDoc Details fuse responsibilities and attributes

Sample Fusedoc <!--- || BEGIN FUSEDOC || || Properties || Name: dsp_showCatalog.cfm Author: || Responsibilities || I display the current catalog contents and allow the user to get details about specific items. || Attributes || --> XFA.showItemDetails: STRING (a fuseaction) <-- ItemID: INTEGER NOT NULL (item's catalog ID number) || END FUSEDOC ||--->

Mind Mapping Free-form outlining Framework visualization VisualMind, MindMapper Plus, etc.

Sample Mind Map

Fuseminder Reads text outline file Builds Fusebox framework

Fuseminder Syntax Optional attributes: –Location ( string; location of main application fusebox) –Verbose ( “yes” | “no” ) –Indenter ( string; outline’s indent string. Default is two spaces )

Sample Outline Catalog showCatalog dsp_showCatalog.cfm <!--- || BEGIN FUSEDOC || || Properties || Name: dsp_showCatalog.cfm Author: || Responsibilities || I display the current catalog contents and allow the user to get details about specific items. || Attributes || --> XFA.showItemDetails: STRING (a fuseaction) <-- ItemID: INTEGER NOT NULL (item's catalog ID number) || END FUSEDOC ||---> showItem qry_getItem.cfm

Generated Framework myDir Main Fusebox (index.cfm) myDir\Cart myDir\Catalog myDir\Users myDir\Checkout Circuit Fusebox (index.cfm) Fuse files w/Fusedocs Circuit Fusebox (index.cfm) Fuse files w/Fusedocs Circuit Fusebox (index.cfm) Fuse files w/Fusedocs Circuit Fusebox (index.cfm) Fuse files w/Fusedocs

Fuseminder Demo

Scintillating Q&A