I know that in ColdFusion MX 6.1 is fast, I've been saying so myself for a while now. But I have to tell you, seeing it in action is something of a thrill. I sent out an e-mail message to my mailing list yesterday, approximately 5000 address (all opted in!). It is simple code; a form, a query to...
In most English dictionaries, the words "patent" and "pathetic" end up on the same page. I've always found this to be somewhat telling. For years the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been routinely issuing patents so pathetic that they border on laughable. And I don't really fault the Patent...
I've said this before and I think I'll be saying it for a while yet, ColdFusion is not a database server, and should not be used as one. Or put differently, if your DBMS can do the job, let it do so. Case in point: Earlier today I was giving someone a hand with an application, and was looking at...
My latest book, "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", is now available and shipping. This new title is modeled on my best-selling "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes", is targeted at the same audience, and follows the same format and pace of study. Checking in at a svelte 150...
Sean Corfield blogged a reference to a rant against "Teach Yourself X in N Minutes|Hours|Days" books (see http://www.corfield.org/blog/past/2004_03.html). Sean (and Brian LeRoux) seem to agree with the rant's basic premise, and there is some validity to their concerns (I agree, some "Teach...
I moderated an "Ask The Expert" session on Web Services at Flash Forward. The session was pretty well attended (considering that Flash Forward is predominantly a design oriented event), and the questions and discussion was positive and insightful. But there was an overriding sense of "tread...
A thread on cfcdev today discussed whether ColdFusion debugging should ever be activated on a production server. The bottom line is no, never turn on debugging on a production server (you should never need to debug on a live server anyway, that's what development and testing servers are for). But...
I'm on my way to San Francisco for Flash Forward. There has been a schedule change, and my session is now on Wednesday instead of Friday. Should be fun!
Remember The Lorax Who speaks for the trees? The Wocket in my Pocket, And Mulberry Street? Or big hearted Thidwick, Sipping pink ink, Green Eggs and Ham, The Thinks you can Think? One Fish, Two fish, Red fish and blue, If I Ran the Circus, If I Ran the Zoo? Solla Sollew trouble, VOOM for cleaning...
IBM has posted a technology preview of its Macromedia Flex plug-in for WebSphere Studio. See http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/wsadflex.