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Recent Blog Comments By Garrett Johnon

• How To Create GStrings In Javascript By Extending Core Data Types

  Posted on Feb 8, 2010 at 4:43 PM

  Sick stuff Ben! Ironically there is an interesting project called fusebox that takes on the idea of "safely" extending JavaScript. http://github.com/jdalton/fusebox... read more »

• Enable And Disable jQuery Event Handlers (Rather Than Bind And Unbind)

  Posted on Dec 4, 2009 at 8:54 PM

  Sick as always Ben.... read more »

• jQuery's is() Method Checks For Any Matching Elements

  Posted on Oct 1, 2009 at 3:19 PM

  Ben, great post as usual. The is() method is also great for performance tricks. Like maybe for a grid use case: $("#somegrid").click(function(e){ if( $(e.target).is(".datarow") ){ // do something with this table row } }); So now instead of regist... read more »

• How Much Should Our ColdFusion Applications Actually Know About ORM?

  Posted on Sep 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM

  @Ben, I think the level of abstraction will really vary on the project. "Using the right tool for the right job" really comes into play here I think. I mean a silly CMS or a Blog? Why not throw EnityXYZ() into a Service Layer? But if we developing a really intense system with hu... read more »

• How Much Should Our ColdFusion Applications Actually Know About ORM?

  Posted on Sep 8, 2009 at 4:04 PM

  I have not messed with the CF9 goodies really, but in the context of the Four main patterns in our Model ( Gateway, DAO, Service and Bean) I see the ORM integrating nicely into the Gateway, DAO, and Bean. Not that it HAS to.. but we can make use of the query functionality in our Gateways... read more »