This fairly well attended session focused on some of the basic features and driving requirements behind the framework running through the controllers, views, layouts and the flexibility inherent in FW/1.

The more advanced information came as results of questions from the floor which Mr. Corfield dealt with in a brisk and technically expert manner (would we expect anything else?)

Some items were new to me (caching for example and how this can be disabled if needed) and some were known (the layout cascade and the overrides available) but in terms of a good 1 hour grounding in the framework the session did exactly what it said on the tin.

In all honestly the real value of this session was in the debate and discussions afterwards (both sensibly at lunch and less sensibly at dinner and after) where I got to chat on the subject of Frameworks with my fellow attendees and got some great feedback on full stack vs lightweight frameworks and the fit for various projects / phases.

That said I will continue to follow FW/1 with interest and will use it where appropriate. I’m especially pleased to see FW/1’s adoption by Mura is bringing new power to a pure ColdFusion CMS – which can only be a good thing!

Scores (out of 10)
Direct Professional Value: 5
Ongoing General Value: 6
Contention / Debate: 9
Style: 8
Overall: 7