Garrett Johnon

Recent Blog Comments By Garrett Johnon

• 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 registering 50 or so table rows into the bro... 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 hundreds of componen... 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 and DAO'... read more »