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TheHub – Web Application Framework

by Simon. Average Reading Time: less than a minute.

TheHUB, like other application development frameworks, utilizes the notion of a central hub template that all requests for the application pass through. That cental hub is the point or place within the application that the processing of all code hinges upon. The code simply checks for a query string and then reads the parameters passed to handle template loading and screen rendering.

The concept is that each request passes a unique set of keys that relate one-to-one with a site or application directory and template within the named directory. In applications and websites that utilize TheHUB, the query string looks like “?dsp=the_hub…”. This indicates to the “framework hub” template… the “index.cfm” that it should include the “the_hub.cfm” template from the “dsp” directory.

Download the code at this url http://www.codesweeper.com/index.cfm?code=main

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