ColdFusion developers have long known to ensure that local variables remain local by using the "var" keyword to define them. Here's an example: In the above snippet, two variables are created. The first variable uses the var keyword to ensure that the variable is local to the function, and if the...
Look at this code snippet. Notice anything odd about it? SELECT * FROM art ORDER BY ArtName Yep, the tag in the above snippet is missing the DATASOURCE attribute. And yet, this code works. Why? Take a look at this Application.cfc file: In ColdFusion Centaur you can now specify an application wide...
Belgian software company Proxyclick positions itself as a "life improvement platform". Their primary application is ColdFusion powered Click'n Lunch and is used by employees at lots of local companies (including Microsoft Belgium) to order lunch and more. And the app just won the B2B BeCommerce...
Have you ever stopped to think about just how much functionality is baked into ColdFusion? We use to work with databases, allowing for highly flexible and dynamic SQL as well as query caching and more, and this is powered by a sophisticated internal engine. We use tags like and expect charts to be...
I just posted some thoughts on MAX BOFs over on the Adobe MAX blog.
LiveCycle Data Services 3 is now in beta and available for download on Labs. Product Manager Anil Channappa has posted details on what's new in LCDS 3 .
The MAX team has published their first press release announcing Adobe MAX 2009 . Just be warned, the cool Flash video at the bottom of the page is loud!
Spreadsheets are key to just about all businesses and organizations, and ColdFusion developers have long sought a way to access and manipulate spreadsheet data programmatically. The truth is, ColdFusion has supported spreadsheet access for a while in a variety of ways, it's been possible to access...
"Debbie" is a persona, a composite character representing a type or class of developer. Lots of Flash Builder 4 features are being built with "Debbie" in mind, and Tim Buntel is asking for help finding Debbie to validate and test features. More on Tim's blog .
Longtime ColdFusion partner (as in since early Allaire days) Fig Leaf Software is now blogging , and promise lots of cf-centric content.