Back when I first discussed the new Application event model exposed via Application.cfc, several users asked if inheritance would be supported. At the time I said no (at the time it wasn't). But actually, inheritance did make it in. For example, you could define an Application.cfc in the root of...
Over the weekend I installed Windows XP Professional 64bit RC2 on my AMD powered IBM IntelliStation A Pro . It took a while to find the correct 64bit video drivers, and I still have one device showing up as "unidentified" ... but that being said, the system is running nicely, and I have not found...
This find sent to me by Brett Liotta. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is a leading supplier or lawn care and gardening products, and their Web site is all powered by ColdFusion (some parts using Fusebox). There's nice use of search-engine safe URLs in this site, too.
This find sent to me by Lucas Sherwood. Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) are the folks behind standards and interoperability used in learning tools and course content on a global scale. The ADL Web Site is powered by ColdFusion MX and Fusebox.
Hasbro is a leading toy and games manufacturer, the company responsible for brands like Tonka Trucks , Playskool , and Milton Bradley , and games like Monopoly , Risk , Scrabble , Operation , and Trivial Pursuit . All of these links and sites, and many more, are all powered by ColdFusion MX. Thanks...
Most of us (and not just CFers) build applications with inline processing, For example, if a user uploads a file we process it in the ACTION page while the user waits. Or if a report needs to be generated we create it while the user waits. Or if we need to send out a batch of e-mail messages ......
I have been visiting lots of customers recently, primarily demonstrating ColdFusion MX 7 functionality. One question that keeps cropping up (particularly from customers who have been looking at Macromedia Flex) is "why would I need Flex if I have Flash Forms in ColdFusion MX 7?". I've written about...
Visa Corporation has been using ColdFusion internally for a long time (the very first ColdFusion class that I taught way back when was at Visa). Patrick Flynn e-mailed to let me know that Visa is using ColdFusion on a public facing site too. The Visa Extras customer loyalty program site is powered...
Join Macromedia Senior Software Engineer Tom Jordahl who will lead this live technical discussion on ColdFusion Event Gateways. ColdFusion has long been the easiest way to create applications that respond to Web requests from web browsers. ColdFusion 7.0 opens up a whole new world of applications...
I'll be all over the Northeast this week, and will get the opportunity to present to the Hartford, CT, ColdFusion User Group on Tuesday March 15th. Details are on the user group web page . I hope to see you there!