There have been some comments on other entries here regarding JSON. JSON is a data interchange format, and is primarily used as a way to package data for use with Ajax development. ColdFusion 8 (aka Scorpio ) adds support for JSON in several ways: For starters, two new functions named...
This one was also met with loud applause last night's Dallas usergroup presentation. Scorpio supports implicit array and structure creation. Here are some simple examples, first array: Here's how it works for structures:
Last night's Scorpio presentation in Dallas was incredible. The venue was superb (although I was initially worried when I walked in, stuffing people with hot food and them putting them in big comfy chairs can be a recipe for disaster), the crowd was loud and animated and enthusiastic (it took over...
This one was met with a round of applause last night in Dallas. In Scorpio you can now use the following in CFML expressions: ++ -- % += -= *= /= %= && || ! In addition, in you can use the following operators: == != >=
I am in Dallas, the first of three Scorpio Usergroup tour venues in Texas, and later this week I visit Phoenix and Detroit (on the way home). If you are in the area, please drop by this evening where I plan on showing Scorpio features not shown previously (not even at the presentations last week).
CFML is a tag based language. When tags need arguments or options passed to them, they are passed as attributes. This is an integral part of what makes CFML so easy and so productive. But sometimes, having to pass attributes can be a hindrance. Consider a simple example, a where you sometimes just...
I post ColdFusion (and occasionally Flex) related job listings on this blog, never more than once a week (and usually on Fridays) and sometimes less frequently. For as long as I have been doing this I have had people contacting me (or sometimes leaving comments) asking why I do so, stating that...
Three this week, including one outside of the U.S. for a change: Competition Pool Inc. (Blainville, Quebec) is looking for an intermediate ColdFusion developer for a full time position. The applicant must have at least 3 years experience with ColdFusion, have intermediate knowledge of Java and web...
I'm on my way out of Denver, heading home. Last night's presentation was great, 85 attendees, and so many questions that the event ran almost 3 hours! Next week is TX, AZ, and MI. If you are in the area, please drop by. The full list of Scorpio Usergroup tour venues is online.
Adobe has announced plans to open source Flex under the Mozilla Public License. This includes the source to the ActionScript components from the Flex SDK (which have been available in source code form with the SDK since Flex 2 was released) as well as the Java source code for the ActionScript and...