FuseBox 4 - From the Beginning

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FuseBox 4 - From the Beginning

• Kevin Penny, MMCP
• Kevin_at_hotgigs.com

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Questions Answered - Topics Covered

• What is FB4?
• What can FuseBox do for me?
• Why should I use it?
• How does it work?
• Does it require skills I dont have?s
• How do I get started?
• When should I start using it?
• Where can I get information on it?

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FuseBox - The Framework What is it?

• Way to organize code and files
• A methodology for programming
• A core file that supports the above
• A non-profit organization (fusebox.org) that
  coordinates the above

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What can the FuseBox do for me?

• Standardization of code (No Cowboys)
• Better team communication
• Cheaper/Easier maintenance
• Can pick up others code faster
• Fewer bugs due to different styles
• Can think about the fun stuff instead of code
  structure

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How does it work?

• A request made of the server to perform some
  action is known as a fuseaction.
• Fuseactions are made up of the circuit name, a
  dot separator, and the actual request.
• Cart.addItem
• Users.login
• Srm.displayusers
• Noun.verb
• A Circuit determines what fuseaction is called
• The page is parsed (created) and sent to the
  requesting user

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Show me How it works

• Download Core files/Installation from fusebox.org
• Preferably CFMX Version
• LIVE DEMO BEGINS
• Download Core Files (FB4)
• Run page HELP?! (John Bynons Tutorial to the
  Rescue)
• Create Circuit File
• TIP Windows Users Tools Folder Options
  View Uncheck Hide extentions for Known file
  types!
• Add a page
• Run the page
• View Page
• View Compiled CFM file Source
• Create a View Page
• Create a Form Page
• Create a FormAction Page
• Run the Pages

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Questions?

• Why is the Sky Blue?
• How do they get the caramel in the Caramilk bar?
• When you eat Smarties do you eat the Red ones
  last?
• What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

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Credits

• Micheal Smiths PPT on FB4
• FuseBox.org
• John Beynons Tutorial (SAVIOR!)
• Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Sandy Clark FuseBox 4 extention
• HotGigs.com Contract Jobs