Model-Glue 2.0: "Unity"
Posted by Joe Rinehart at 8:56 PM
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ColdFusion MX | Model-Glue | Causing Trouble
Yes, Model-Glue is moving forward. No, it's not the all-encomposing <cf_writeMyApplicationForMe> tag you've been waiting for, but it's damn close.
Yes, there is going to be Model-Glue life after 1.1.
Yes, Unity will change how you do ColdFusion. It will reach the unconverted, CF 5.0 massses. And they will Grok it, because it will be easy.
Yes, Unity will show the JSP developers that RoR-like productivity and Java-like control can be achieved with a simple, tag-based language many have discarded as being "rudimentary," while retaining the full power of Java.
Yes, Unity will show, with a single streaming video demo, how it can change the ColdFusion landscape.
Yes, Unity can show that you can be a cool Web 2.0 developer without learning Ruby.
Yes, Unity follows the same KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!) mantra that's always guided Model-Glue. (At least since Joe got his head out of his...well, you know, and stopped adding methods to core.Controller. God, what a bad idea that was. Caching? What was he thinking?).
Yes, Unity's design document is done, and we've found one (1!!!) new tag for ModelGlue.xml that will change your life.
Yes, Unity is a beautiful example of how Object Oriented programming and interfaces can make programming an art, not a struggle.
Yes, Unity will let you make the ASP.NET folks look stupid.
No: We (and that's "we," dammit, not just Joe!) won't say anything more until we're ready, except this:
- It's going to be fun.
- Headstart is the beginning, not the end, of what ColdFusion and Model-Glue can do. For you.
- You're going to have to wait a bit. Maybe as far as CFUnited 2006.
Adobe, take note:
We're going to make CF the most productive *beep*damn language known to mankind. Thanks for being smart enough to buy it, and proving Joe's old boss wrong for switching to .NET.
(Ok, so that's a bit emphatic, but Joe owns stock in Adobe.)
Chris Scott wrote on 01/15/06 9:56 PM
Wait, does this mean we like interfaces again now?