ZDNet is running a story about a series of attacks on Flash community sites, see http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39146184,00.htm. The attacks exploited a flaw in a PHP based mailing list program allowing hackers to install code that gave them root access.
"Conventional wisdom dictates that code, all code, be written with portability in mind. After all, you wouldn't want to have to revisit and rewrite code when moving between platforms or environments, would you? And while I do believe that coding for portability is a good thing in general, I also...
MySQL Administrator is a powerful GUI for managing MySQL servers. It can be used to configure databases and tables, manage users, run backups, view logs, and even monitor server health. MySQL has needed this badly, and the alpha of this tool can now be downloaded from...
The Macromedia Flash team has released two new Flash Wizards. The "Data Connection Wizard" simplifies the process of connecting back-end data (Web Services or XML) to a data set and data grid, setting up all the controls and bindings. The "DataGrid Column Editor" generates ActionScript code for...
I just replaced a poll that I had been hosting on my site for a few months now, I left it online longer than most polls because I wanted to at least 1000 responses (which I now have). The poll asked "What is most compelling about CFMX 6.1?" and gave 5 possible answers. 49% picked "Increased...
Several of you have e-mailed me to tell me that links to Breeze presentations are not working. Macromedia has been consolidating Breeze servers, and so some of the URLs have changed. So, in case you were looking for them, here are the new URLs for the current Breezos: Java and ColdFusion MX:...
I'll be attending MAX 2004 in Singapore in March. Details are at http://www.macromedia.com/ap/events/max2004_singapore.html. Hope to see you there.
Brian Kotek has written an article on CFC polymorphism for Builder.com (see http://builder.com.com/5100-6386_14-5144505.html). While the explanations feel a little skimpy at times, this is still worth the read.
From Mindrally: "Forklift will change development with ColdFusion MX. Forklift will help bridge the gap for CFMX developers who have not been introduced to Object Oriented Development and the advantages that is brings to application development. It will also help those who are accustomed to using...
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...