Just a little thing I found out today using Coldfusion 9 new ORM feature. Say you have a login system based on a user table, this can easily be done with orm. You just create a cfc where you define your database fileds as parameters and call the necessary orm function. Out of the box [...]
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Scotch On The Road in Brussels
On Tuesday, Octobre 27 the Scotch On The Road tour landed in Brussels. This event is all about ColdFusion. Being a Flex developer starting out with ColdFusion and having seen loads of good stuff about the latest version, ColdFusion 9, I just had to be there to see what’s what. I must say that I [...]
Installing ColdFusion 9 on a Debian machine
Yep, ColdFusion is up to a new version and since version 8 a lot has changed. Time to put it to a testdrive, we use Debian as a platform to run serversoftware. Before you start, some remarks: - You could install libstdc++5 (apt-get install libstdc++5) before you start, the CF installer will make a remark about [...]
Coldfusion Builder Beta – change the UI language
The recent release of Coldfusion 9 beta along with its new dedicated IDE, Coldfusion Builder Beta announces some exciting and busy times. So stay tune to this blog and expect some post on the subject in the coming weeks and months. So yesterday, I downloaded and installed Coldfusion 9 Beta and Coldfusion Builder Beta. I [...]
Using Spry JSON Data sets with ColdFusion 8
Spry is an open source Ajax Framework developed by Adobe. Event though Spry is IDE agnostic, it ships with Dreamweaver (since version CS3). It is visible in Dreamweaver as a ‘Spry’ Insert bar either at the top of the screen (CS3) or on the side (CS4). Recently, I decided that is was about time to [...]
ColdFusion-Powered flex/air RIA
A few days ago, Adobe asked me to speak on a workshop about the integration between ColdFusion 8 and Flex. As a ColdFusion developer, the ColdFusion part was not a problem, but I was a bit afraid by the Flex part, since I’ve never used Flex or flex builder before. I eventually decided that I [...]