Code generation with CF Template

Continuing with the automation theme from CFUnited ‘08, I attended Peter Bell’s session on his CF Template project. This is intriguing to me since I code using Fusebox 4.1 and there are pretty standard templates we use regularly–qry_, dsp_, act_, and .cfc.

Currently, I’m gathering as much documentation on CF Template and code generation as I can get my hands on, starting with Peter Bell’s blog which contains several posts. So far it sounds logical enough. But from I what I gather, it’s like the game Othello; a minute to learn, a lifetime to master. CF Template is available on RIA Forge.

Great day at CFUnited ‘08

Great information to be had today at CFUnited ‘08 Day #2. Two sessions that stood out for me were Peter Bell’s Practical Code Generation and Marc Esher’s Automating the Build/Deploy Process with ANT.