was introduced to ColdFusion in version 5, but apparently there are many CFers who have yet to discover this invaluable tag. In the past week I received three different code help e-mail requests, all of which I answered with suggestions, all of which included the use of in test code, and all of...
I am working on an application that requires users to select from long lists of options. I am not a fan of multiple select list boxes (that whole shift-click ctrl-click thing is a pain). In HTML I usually use lots and lots of checkboxes, but what I'd really like is a list of checkboxes, kind of a...
This is an oldie, but a goodie (I am blogging it partially so that I don't forget the URL again). http://www.skepdic.com/ is "A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions", over 400 articles in all. I don't necessarily agree with all of Robert Carroll's positions,...
Earlier this week I blogged an example of Flex embedded in ColdFusion. This is a powerful and intuitive way to leverage Flex, but the installation and setup do require some know-how and manual tweaking. So, having gone through the process, and knowing that many of you will want to do the same, I...
NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena) is one of the most popular Web destinations right now. The next time you visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ pay close attention to the URLs, lots of them have a .cfm extension. JPL has been using ColdFusion for a...
My latest CFDJ column, entitled "I Don't Hate Dreamweaver", is now online. You can read it at: http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/article.cfm?id=696.
I'll be in Edinburgh later this month, and will get the chance to speak to the Scottish CFUG (for the first time) on Monday, January 26th. Topic and specifics have not been announced, so no details yet (although I think I can safely assume that we'll meet for drinks). Details should be posted...
My last Flex blog post demonstrated Flex as a ColdFusion client, a n-tier application using ColdFusion as the logic layer and Flex as the presentation layer. Here is another way to integrate Flex and ColdFusion; dynamically generated Flex. Click on URL http://www.forta.com:8100/cf/flex/tree.cfm to...
The Salt Lake Tribune is running a story (by a Boston Globe columnist) on corporate bloggers, starting with the tale of a Microsoft employee who was fired for blogging "a photo of a pallet of Apple Macintosh computers being delivered to Microsoft headquarters". The story goes on to suggest that...
ZDNet is running a story on the emergence of Flash as an alternative to Windows Media Player, RealNetworks RealPlayer, and Apple's QuickTime. Nothing shockingly new, but useful perspective nonetheless. Story is at http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5139102.html.