Fusebox 5 vs ModelGlue

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Fusebox 5 vs Model-Glue

• JaxFusion September 2006

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About the Presenter

• David Fekke
• Developing Fusebox since 1.0
• New to Model-Glue
• Early adopter of CFCs
• Lead for Vurv HR-XML API

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What is covered in this Presentation

• How to build web apps in Fusebox and Model-Glue
• Basic XML syntax
• Basic MVC

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What is not covered in this Presentation

• Unity, i.e. Reactor or ColdSpring
• Fusedocs

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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

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MySpace
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Fusebox History

• Just a methodology
• Custom Tags
• Version 3 added framework
• Version 4 uses XML config
• Version 5 rewritten with CFCs

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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

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Fusebox components

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

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Fusebox.xml syntax

• ltcicuitsgt
• ltclassesgt
• ltparametersgt
• ltglobalfuseactionsgt
• Appinit, preprocess, postprocess

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Fusebox.xml plugin syntax

• ltPluginsgt
• ltphase namepreProcessgt
• ltphase namepreFuseactiongt
• ltphase namepostFuseactiongt
• ltphase namefuseactionExceptiongt
• ltphase namepostProcessgt
• ltphase nameprocessErrorgt

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Circuit.xml syntax

• ltfuseaction namefuseactionnamegt
• ltxfa namesave valueapp.save /gt
• ltinclude templatefile.cfm /gt
• ltdo actionm.saveCat/gt
• ltset nameid value1 /gt
• ltif conditiongt
• ltinstantiate/gt ltinvoke /gt

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Lexicons

• Add your own verbs
• Lexicon folders

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Code Examples
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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

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Model-Glue structure

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

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Model-Glue config syntax

• Controller, message-listener
• event-handler
• Broadcasts, message
• Views, include
• Results

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Code Examples
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Other Frameworks

• Mach-II
• OnTap based on Tapestry
• CF on Wheels
• Ruby on Rails
• Django for Python
• Cairngorm Flex
• Struts, JSF and many others

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Links

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