using the right technology at the right time
A lot of websites pursue XHTML as their document type, which is really cool. But a lot of them end up not validating with one little mistake. Even worse, with this mistake, documents that are made to run in “standards mode” are immediately thrown into quirks mode by browsers because web developers don’t know how to do their jobs.
Read on to find out how to avoid this all-too-common mistake.
For the ColdFusion on Wheels API documentation, we chose to do something a little unconventional (but pretty cool). Using some extra CFC attributes and CFML’s GetMetaData() function, we wrote a pretty cool documentation parser for ColdFusion on Wheels.
Read on for an example of what we did.
I’m looking forward to playing around with ColdFusion 9 when I get some more time here in a month or so. One of the areas that interests me in particular is the ability to write full CFCs in CFScript syntax.
Read on for what I feel is the perfect blend of CFML features used in the different layers of the ColdFusion on Wheels framework:
Over the weekend, I created a couple simple feed aggregators on the ColdFusion on Wheels Community page. I saved major time by using a mashup of Delicious, Yahoo! Pipes, FeedBurner, and the <cffeed> tag in CFML. This was far easier than creating my own feed aggregator by hand.
If you’ve been curious about any of these tools, I highly recommend reading this post.
I’ve always thought Twitter a glorious waste of time. But I recently found out that much of the CFML community hangs out there.
So here’s my new Twitter handle: @cf_chrispeters.
I must admit that joining Twitter with the goal of connecting with other CFers makes it a much more rewarding experience. I’ve learned a few things already just from links that others have been posting. If you use ColdFusion, Railo, or OpenBD, then you should give it a shot.
I’ll fulfill my promise by giving another example of how I would improve the Hello Database tutorial for ColdFusion on Wheels.
This time, I’ll talk about how we could factor out view logic so that the profile form can be used for both the add and edit actions. With all of this MVC goodness, we should be able to do some refactoring easily, shouldn’t we?
One of the cool things about ColdFusion on Wheels functions is that you can set global defaults for any of their parameters. This is useful if you find yourself typing the same argument values every time you call a specific Wheels function.
Read on for an explanation and code samples.
I’d like to write more about ColdFusion on Wheels on this blog, so I’m playing around with a syntax highlighter for WordPress called WP-Syntax.
Read on to see how simple this WordPress plugin is, how to use it, and some examples.
Today, we released ColdFusion in Wheels 0.7. This is a major milestone because we’ve gained some momentum with the project.
Even Ben Forta has given us a shout-out, so I’m one giddy nerd right now. Moments like these are why I do the work that I do. I’m hoping the other guys that are [...]
I have decided to take the lead role of the ColdFusion on Wheels project. I am developing some business-critical projects on top of the framework, and I personally want to see it flourish.
This is a major commitment, so I did need to hesitate for a moment and think about what I was getting into. [...]
About MeI'm Chris Peters, and I'm a lover of web design and development. I'm based in Columbus, Ohio. Follow me as I have successes and struggles in this fast-moving technology environment.
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