Comments on: Element or helper? http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/07/12/element-or-helper/ baking cakes with CakePHP Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cakebaker http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/07/12/element-or-helper/comment-page-1/#comment-7641 cakebaker Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:55:36 +0000 http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/07/12/element-or-helper/#comment-7641 @Felix: It seems we have different philosophies in this point ;-) I prefer to create helpers over elements, as helpers are easier to test (at least with my test suite). @Felix: It seems we have different philosophies in this point ;-) I prefer to create helpers over elements, as helpers are easier to test (at least with my test suite).

]]> By: Felix Geisendörfer http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/07/12/element-or-helper/comment-page-1/#comment-7635 Felix Geisendörfer Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:34:06 +0000 http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/07/12/element-or-helper/#comment-7635 I only use helpers for the really ugly stuff like accessing models (which btw. is something the cake 1.2 form helper does as well) or registering complex JS stuff internally. For a simple transformation of a couple variables into plain old html I'm very much in favor of elements, which btw. also has the advantage of giving you explicit caching support - something helpers won't do out of the box. I only use helpers for the really ugly stuff like accessing models (which btw. is something the cake 1.2 form helper does as well) or registering complex JS stuff internally.

For a simple transformation of a couple variables into plain old html I’m very much in favor of elements, which btw. also has the advantage of giving you explicit caching support – something helpers won’t do out of the box.

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