Comments on: A first glimpse at two core bake tasks

By: Dieter@be

Dieter@be — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:34:56 +0000

excellent ;-)

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:43:46 +0000

@Dieter@be: This feature is already integrated :) You can call:
php bake2.php dbconfig help

But I think I will also add “–help”, as this is very common on unix-based systems.

By: Dieter@be

Dieter@be — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:14:27 +0000

Okay, maybe you could supply a little synopsis if called like this then?:
php bake2.php dbconfig [--help]

That way you loose the overhead of having a whole question-response loop, while still users can be sure they didn’t forget anything (if they check the synopsis first)

because seriously, even “advanced users who know what they do” will sometimes forget to pass a parameter :-)

Dieter

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:01:19 +0000

@Dieter@be: Thanks for your comment.

The dbconfigTask uses default values for parameters you don’t specify. And it is thought for advanced users who know what they do and who don’t need the assistance provided by the bake.php script.

By: Dieter@be

Dieter@be — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:07:09 +0000

The AppTask will be very handy i think, but i’m not so sure about the DbconfigTask.
If all it does is generate/edit an app/config/database.php file for you, it offers just a slight advantage over manually editing the file. It will be a little faster if done right, but personally i would still open the file to check if all is right, and besides, if you edit manually, you can see all the needed parameters (there are defaults that you can edit) so you can be sure you didn’t forget any.

Maybe it would be handy if you could call it like this:
php bake2.php dbconfig alias [-a=ask] or even make this value the default is no arguments (database,username) are given, so it would prompt for every parameter, then you can be sure you didn’t forget any :)

Dieter