1. Fusebox 5 vs Model-Glue JaxFusion September 2006

2. About the Presenter David Fekke Developing Fusebox since 1.0 New to Model-Glue Early adopter of CFCs Lead for Vurv HR-XML API

3. What is covered in this Presentation How to build web apps in Fusebox and Model-Glue Basic XML syntax Basic MVC

4. What is not covered in this Presentation Unity, i.e. Reactor or ColdSpring Fusedocs

6. Why use a Framework 80% percent of development is maintenance Encourages the use of MVC design pattern Reduces the need spaghetti code Makes your code more reusable

7. MySpace

8. Fusebox History Just a methodology Custom Tags Version 3 added framework Version 4 uses XML config Version 5 rewritten with CFCs

9. Fusebox Basics Fusebox is based on a simple switch mechanism, hence the name “Fusebox” Code files are referred to as “Fuses” Most “fuse” files have very little code Documentation called Fusedocs

10. Fusebox components Fusebox.xml Circuit.xml Core files in fusebox5 folder All requests through Index.cfm App divided into circuit folder Plugin directory

11. Fusebox.xml syntax Appinit, preprocess, postprocess

12. Fusebox.xml plugin syntax

13. Circuit.xml syntax

14. Lexicons Add your own verbs Lexicon folders

15. Code Examples

16. Model-Glue Framework Developed by Joe Rinehart of BAH Also uses XML config file Meant for more OO styled programming MG-Unity is adding support Reactor, and ColdSpring

17. Model-Glue structure All requests through Index.cfm Config directory Model-Glue.xml Controller CFCs ModelGlue folder in web root

18. Model-Glue config syntax Controller, message-listener event-handler Broadcasts, message Views, include Results

19. Code Examples

20. Other Frameworks Mach-II OnTap: based on Tapestry CF on Wheels Ruby on Rails Django for Python Cairngorm Flex Struts, JSF and many others…

21. Links www.model-glue.com www.fusebox.org corfield.org www.techspedition.com www.halhelms.com www.briankotek.com/blog/ clearsoftware.net