<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
CFML	B-Language
and	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Fusebox	B-Application
were	O
transferred	O
from	O
TeraTech	O
to	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
five	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
removed	O
the	O
rights	O
and	O
placed	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
provide	O
benefits	O
by	O
helping	O
developers	O
structure	O
their	O
code	O
through	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
simple	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
also	O
allowed	O
advanced	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
large	O
applications	O
,	O
leveraging	O
design	O
patterns	O
and	O
object-oriented	O
programming	O
techniques	O
if	O
they	O
wish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
provided	O
web	O
application	O
developers	O
with	O
a	O
standardized	O
,	O
structured	O
way	O
of	O
developing	O
their	O
applications	O
using	O
a	O
relatively	O
straightforward	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
set	O
of	O
core	O
files	O
and	O
encouraged	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
itself	O
,	O
Fusebox	B-Application
became	O
closely	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
Web	O
application	O
development	O
methodology	O
developed	O
by	O
its	O
proponents	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
FLiP	B-Protocol
"	O
(	O
for	O
Fusebox	B-Application
Lifecycle	O
Process	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Many	O
people	O
refer	O
to	O
Fusebox	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
methodology	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
development	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLiP	B-Protocol
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
methodology	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
ported	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
ASP	B-General_Concept
,	O
JSP	B-Language
,	O
Lasso	B-Language
,	O
Perl/CGI	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
as	O
well	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
CFML	B-Language
and	O
PHP	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
were	O
the	O
only	O
versions	O
to	O
gain	O
momentum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
dealt	O
primarily	O
with	O
the	O
effort	O
of	O
wiring	O
together	O
view	O
states	O
(	O
pages	O
)	O
with	O
controller	O
actions	O
(	O
form	O
submits	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
front-end	O
of	O
the	O
business-logic	B-Architecture
tier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
concepts	O
behind	O
Fusebox	B-Application
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
household	O
idiom	O
of	O
an	O
electrical	O
fusebox	B-Application
that	O
controls	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
circuits	O
,	O
each	O
one	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
fuse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Fusebox	B-Application
web	O
application	O
,	O
all	O
requests	O
are	O
routed	O
through	O
a	O
single	O
point	O
(	O
usually	O
index.cfm	O
for	O
CFML	B-Language
)	O
and	O
processed	O
by	O
the	O
Fusebox	B-Application
core	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Fusebox	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
front	O
controller	O
,	O
a	O
common	O
design	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
URLs	O
within	O
a	O
Fusebox	B-Application
web	O
application	O
are	O
usually	O
of	O
the	O
form	O
index.cfm	O
?	O
fuseaction	O
=	O
cname.fname	O
where	O
"	O
cname	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
circuit	O
and	O
"	O
fname	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
XML-defined	O
"	O
method	O
"	O
within	O
that	O
circuit	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
fuseaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
query-string	O
variable	O
name	O
"	O
fuseaction	O
"	O
can	O
vary	O
depending	O
on	O
configuration	O
parameters	O
,	O
so	O
not	O
all	O
applications	O
using	O
Fusebox	B-Application
need	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
action	O
variable	O
"	O
fuseaction	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
encourages	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
enforce	O
,	O
separation	O
of	O
presentation	O
logic	O
from	O
business	B-Architecture
logic	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
naming	O
conventions	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
some	O
Fusebox	B-Application
developers	O
but	O
these	O
are	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
concept	O
that	O
Fusebox	B-Application
encourages	O
is	O
to	O
parameterize	O
any	O
exit	O
points	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
,	O
coding	O
them	O
as	O
variables	O
that	O
are	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
circuit	O
control	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Associated	O
with	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
,	O
but	O
not	O
strictly	O
part	O
of	O
it	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
FuseDocs	B-Language
which	O
is	O
a	O
semi-formalized	O
form	O
of	O
documentation	O
written	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
that	O
specifies	O
the	O
inputs	O
and	O
outputs	O
of	O
each	O
fuse	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
third-party	O
tools	O
available	O
which	O
can	O
use	O
FuseDocs	B-Language
to	O
do	O
things	O
like	O
generate	O
test	O
harness	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
had	O
several	O
major	O
revisions	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Fusebox	B-Application
3	O
,	O
the	O
control	O
files	O
were	O
all	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
underlying	O
programming	O
language	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
fbx_Switch.cfm	O
for	O
CFML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
4	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
use	O
XML	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
control	O
files	O
(	O
fusebox.xml	O
and	O
circuit.xml	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
framework	B-Architecture
components	O
are	O
written	O
using	O
the	O
underlying	O
programming	O
language	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
fusebox5.cfm	O
,	O
again	O
for	O
CFML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
theory	O
,	O
this	O
helps	O
improve	O
tool	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
5.5	O
allows	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
be	O
omitted	O
if	O
certain	O
conventions	O
are	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
1	O
grew	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
conversation	O
on	O
the	O
CF-Talk	O
mailing	O
list	O
in	O
April	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Nelson	O
and	O
Gabe	O
Roffman	O
are	O
credited	O
with	O
creating	O
the	O
original	O
Fusebox	B-Application
though	O
the	O
first	O
Fusebox	B-Application
program	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Josh	O
Cyr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Very	O
few	O
developers	O
were	O
exposed	O
to	O
Fusebox	B-Application
during	O
these	O
early	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Craig	O
Girard	O
and	O
Steve	O
Nelson	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
Hal	O
Helms	O
and	O
Nat	O
Papovich	O
)	O
wrote	O
a	O
book	O
,	O
Fusebox	B-Application
:	O
Methodology	O
and	O
Techniques	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Fusion	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmers	O
who	O
followed	O
the	O
practices	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
were	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
doing	O
"	O
Fusebox	B-Application
2.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hal	O
Helms	O
built	O
upon	O
Fusebox	B-Application
2	O
and	O
called	O
his	O
ideas	O
eXtended	O
FuseBox	B-Application
,	O
or	O
XFB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
3	O
(	O
written	O
primarily	O
by	O
Hal	O
Helms	O
,	O
John	O
Quarto-von	O
Tivadar	O
and	O
Nat	O
Papovich	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
effort	O
by	O
leading	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Fusebox	B-Application
community	O
to	O
incorporate	O
XFB	O
and	O
other	O
ideas	O
into	O
a	O
reusable	O
library	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
core	O
files.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
simple	O
API	B-General_Concept
allowed	O
application	O
code	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
core	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
Fusebox	B-Application
became	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
rather	O
than	O
a	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
3	O
was	O
something	O
of	O
a	O
sea-change	O
from	O
Fusebox	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
original	O
principles	O
remained	O
relatively	O
unchanged	O
;	O
a	O
Fusebox	B-Application
2	O
and	O
Fusebox	B-Application
3	O
application	O
are	O
structured	O
very	O
differently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
4	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
4.1	O
introduced	O
some	O
new	O
XML	B-Protocol
grammar	O
elements	O
beyond	O
those	O
available	O
in	O
4.0	O
that	O
let	O
you	O
declare	O
,	O
instantiate	O
and	O
manipulate	O
objects	O
(	O
COM	O
,	O
Java	O
and	O
ColdFusion	O
Components	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
have	O
provided	O
Fusebox	B-Application
developers	O
with	O
the	O
means	O
of	O
tying	O
object-oriented	O
models	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
business-logic	B-Architecture
)	O
directly	O
into	O
their	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
many	O
Fusebox	B-Application
developers	O
used	O
object-oriented	O
or	O
highly	O
structured	O
models	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
or	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
versions	O
without	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
grammar	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
The	O
Fusebox	B-Application
Corporation	O
asked	O
Sean	O
Corfield	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
lead	O
in	O
developing	O
the	O
next	O
iteration	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
5	O
was	O
another	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improved	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusebox	B-Application
5	O
nearly	O
completely	O
maintained	O
backwards-compatibility	O
with	O
Fusebox	B-Application
4.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2006	O
The	O
Fusebox	B-Application
Corporation	O
transferred	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
files	O
and	O
fusebox	B-Application
website	O
to	O
TeraTech	O
under	O
the	O
guidance	O
of	O
TeraTech	O
president	O
and	O
Fusebox	B-Application
speaker	O
Michael	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeraTech	O
announced	O
that	O
Fusebox	B-Application
will	O
remain	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
is	O
seeking	O
to	O
increase	O
community	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
met	O
at	O
the	O
Frameworks	O
conference	O
in	O
Bethesda	O
Maryland	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
plan	O
of	O
action	O
for	O
community	O
involvement	O
using	O
volunteers	O
in	O
nine	O
different	O
areas	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
focused	O
primarily	O
on	O
adding	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
conventions	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
applications	O
without	O
XML	B-Protocol
configuration	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
new	O
features	O
instead	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
is	O
called	O
"	O
implicit	O
Fusebox	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
5.5.1	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
by	O
Sean	O
Corfield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Adam	O
Haskell	O
took	O
over	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
became	O
frustrated	O
with	O
the	O
Fusebox	B-Application
organization	O
,	O
and	O
attempted	O
to	O
branch	O
a	O
new	O
framework	B-Architecture
called	O
FuseNG	O
(	O
NG	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
a	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
reference	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
five	O
community	O
developers	O
led	O
by	O
John	O
Blayter	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
Fusebox	B-Application
mailing	O
list	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
obtained	O
the	O
rights	O
and	O
copyright	O
of	O
Fusebox	B-Application
from	O
TeraTech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	B-Architecture
code	O
has	O
had	O
the	O
copyright	O
removed	O
and	O
is	O
to	O
encourage	O
community	O
participation	O
.	O
</s>
