ColdFusion 10 Public Beta
Yes, everyone is talking about it. That's why I waited a day or two to post the info. Adobe has put ColdFusion 10 up on Adobe Labs, opening it's public beta cycle prior to full release. That's right...
View ArticleColdFusion JSON Serialization Changes
Because I've had to search on this three times in the last year, I thought it'd be a good idea to document this here, for myself and others. There were a number of important changes that can trip you...
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Intro to jqGrid Part 6: The Action Column
So far we've covered the base grid configuration, populating the grid with remote data, controlling layout by refining the column model, and given an example of event handling by binding a search form...
View ArticleColdFusion Security Hotfix and Big Forms
The other day, Adobe released a new Security Hotfix for it's ColdFusion server. There were a number of things addressed in the hotfix, to help protect against Denial of Service attack using a hash...
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Intro to jqGrid Part 7: Grouping
OK, I know I said I was done, but I kept playing around and figured I should share. jqGrid, like other (read: Ext JS) good grid implementations, has the ability to group your data. What does that mean...
View ArticleExt JS 4 and ColdFusion: CFQueryReader 2.0
Wow! It's been too long. I've been so buried playing with new stuff I haven't had much time to write about it. Time to rectify that. My position over the last year and a half hasn't required me to use...
View ArticleCFQueryReader 2.0: Site and Demo Updates
Note: I mistakenly posted this under the wrong title. I must get more sleep ;) I finally got around to a major overhaul of the CFQueryReader site, including all new demos and documentation of the...
View ArticleJQuery Plugin: serializeCFJSON
Quick note about my serializeCFJSON project out on GitHub. I wrote this quick JQuery plugin to convert ColdFusion's JSON representation of it's native query objects. ColdFusion represents datasets in...
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ColdFusion Query Column Order: Did You Know?
Now first let me say that I've only seen this behavior on ColdFusion 9.01 with Cumulative Hotfix 2. My ColdFusion 10 VM blew up this morning, and I haven't had 7 or 8 for a while now, so someone else...
View ArticleExt JS 4.1 Grid: Part1: Basic Config
Many moons ago, I wrote a series on My First Ext JS Data Grid. It was very popular. In fact, it got me the gig co-authoring two books on Ext JS and spawned an open source project targeted at...
View ArticleCFQueryReader v2.1: Now with metaData support
The Sencha guys just keep upping the bar, and Ext JS 4.1 is no exception. I've been reading Loiane Groner's Ext JS 4 First Look, to review it, and continually find new, cool stuff. 4.1, however, takes...
View ArticleColdFusion 10 is Now Available
Adobe has released ColdFusion 10. The engineering team has done a fantastic job putting this release together. Here's a short list of some of what's new: Improved/Updated...
View ArticleColdFusion + Ext JS Position: Los Angeles
This was forwarded to me yesterday. Anyone who might be interested, ping me on the contact form and I'll forward you the details: ColdFusion Developer will be responsible for the development of...
View ArticleColdFusion Roadmap
Shilpi, the 'Security Czar' of Adobe's ColdFusion Engineering team, recently posted about the Roadmap for future ColdFusion Server Devlopment, post CF 10. This links to an abbreviated set of slides,...
View ArticleFun with Zip files and VFS
So, all over the documentation, it tells you that many ColdFusion methods support the in-memory files system (VFS). Let's take a look at that real quick. Say I have a couple of files: Layla - Clapton,...
View ArticleMSOC Part 9: Application Event Handlers, The Rest
So far we've spent a lot of time going over the different Application Event Handlers that relate to specific scope events (application, session, and request). Some ask "How does this relate to MSOC?",...
View ArticleVFS and Zip Files...Kinda
There are several posts, out there in the wild, about using ColdFusion's built-in VFS support for working with zip files. I posted the other day (and fairly quickly removed it), about using the...
View ArticleCreating a shared ORM model in Mura CMS
So, I'm working a new project, and using Mura CMS. We decided to write our modules as plugins, and are using the MuraFW/1 plugin template to do so. Thing is, each plugin really needs to share a common...
View ArticleMura Shared ORM Model - A Follow-Up
So, in my last post I talked about setting up a shared ORM model within Mura CMS. But, you always find the kicker after-the-fact. Mine's not a biggie though. I had setup a CF mapping to myModel Turns...
View ArticleColdFusion Position - Denver, Colorado - Zen Planner
Ben Pate, of Zen Planner, contacted me yesterday about a new position they have, in their office in Denver, Colorado. A quick look shows a fun company to work for, with a great list of benefits. Check...
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