Once you've learned the syntax of cfcs, one of the hardest things to do is to figure out exactly how and where to use them. The goal of this article is to run you through the most common (and useful) ways to use cfcs to make your applications easier to maintain.
The main benefit of cfcs is that they can make your applications more maintainable. If you're just creating a page with a form that saves user input to a database, you probably don't need cfcs. However, as your applications become more complex, cfcs can make them easier to maintain by breaking your code down into smaller chunks that are easier to find, edit, test, and debug as your user's requirements change.
