It is possible to write an entire ColdFusion application using just Custom Tags (and a single file as an entry point). Similarly, it is possible to write an entire ColdFusion application using just .cfc files (I've yet to see one of these, but it is doable). So, when should Custom Tags be used? And...
This one is apparently not that new, but it was just brought to my attention, and I thought it worth sharing in case others had not run into it yet. Rohan Clan has created a basic ColdFusion Eclipse plug-in for use with Eclipse 2.1 and 3 (and apparently tested on Windows, Mac, and Linux running JRE...
I just arrived back in the US, and am now online for the first time in over a day (staring in horror at my rapidly enlarging inbox). Last night I presented a Flex Sneak Peek to a combined CFUG/MMUG in London. The room was full, but we started late because of snowfall that almost brought London to a...
was introduced to ColdFusion in version 5, but apparently there are many CFers who have yet to discover this invaluable tag. In the past week I received three different code help e-mail requests, all of which I answered with suggestions, all of which included the use of in test code, and all of...
Earlier this week I blogged an example of Flex embedded in ColdFusion. This is a powerful and intuitive way to leverage Flex, but the installation and setup do require some know-how and manual tweaking. So, having gone through the process, and knowing that many of you will want to do the same, I...
NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena) is one of the most popular Web destinations right now. The next time you visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ pay close attention to the URLs, lots of them have a .cfm extension. JPL has been using ColdFusion for a...
My latest CFDJ column, entitled "I Don't Hate Dreamweaver", is now online. You can read it at: http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/article.cfm?id=696.
I'll be in Edinburgh later this month, and will get the chance to speak to the Scottish CFUG (for the first time) on Monday, January 26th. Topic and specifics have not been announced, so no details yet (although I think I can safely assume that we'll meet for drinks). Details should be posted...
My last Flex blog post demonstrated Flex as a ColdFusion client, a n-tier application using ColdFusion as the logic layer and Flex as the presentation layer. Here is another way to integrate Flex and ColdFusion; dynamically generated Flex. Click on URL http://www.forta.com:8100/cf/flex/tree.cfm to...
I'll be back in London at the end of this month, and so another visit to the UKCFUG. This time I'll be sneak peeking Macromedia Flex. Registration for this event is required, go to http://www.ukcfug.org/.