Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development

Chapter 53. Managing Your Code

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• Coding Standards 1

• Documentation 8

• Version Control 8

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Coding Standards

When developing an application with Adobe ColdFusion, remember that how you code can sometimes have as much of an effect on your application’s performance as what you code. Opinions differ as to which coding methodology is the best choice and how one can—and should—perform certain CFML operations. In truth, the best methodology is simply to have a methodology. Chapter 54, “Development Methodologies,” online, discusses some of the more prevalent ColdFusion development paradigms in greater detail.

Before you implement a specific approach, remember that your choices as a developer can hurt your application’s ...