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CFEclipse article on IBM Developerworks

by kai 08/11/2007

Very nice – IBM Developerworks have published an article from Jim Priest on the CFEclipse ColdFusion plugin for Eclipse. Besides an introduction tutorial on installation, Eclipse terminology and the CFEclipse views, the article also covers debugging with CF 8 in Eclipse as well as deployment using the FTP Synchronization of Aptana. Excellent article Jim, and […]

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JRunConfig Errorurl

by kai 03/11/2007

I’ve come across that because a customer of mine wanted to have a nice error page displayed in case of having to restart ColdFusion or any other woe with the underlying JRun. You can configure that particular type of error page in the HTTP server connector and it’s fairly straight forward for Apache as it’s […]

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Book review: O’Reilly short cuts – Introduction to Flex 2

by kai 03/11/2007

O’Reilly has a series of so called “Short Cuts”, PDF e-books that introduce new technologies or major updates of those in a brief, compact way. Introduction to Flex 2.0 by Roger Braunstein is such a “Short Cuts” title and comprises 88 pages full of valuable information for the upcoming Flex developer 🙂 The author bascially […]

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CFCamps in Australia

by kai 03/11/2007

Just in case you live in OZ and haven’t heard about the upcoming CFCamps: CFCAMP dates and venues: * Sydney – 20th November, at Rydges World Square * Brisbane – 21st November, at BCEC * Melbourne – 22nd November, at Crown Promanade * Perth – 27th November, at Hyatt Regency It’s free, but make sure […]

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The Swiss CF boom…

by kai 02/11/2007

…is apparently reaching new heights. The SWISS CFUG has currently 12 CF-related job listings online. Given how small the Swiss market is, I’m very happy that CF is taking off there (again).

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Where does ColdFusion “sit”?

by kai 02/11/2007

Answer: it’s the “hub” – I really like Tim’s visualization of ColdFusion’s positioning in the centre of the IT infrastructure! Very nice, and I hope as many people as possible grab this interpretation and use it in their efforts to establish CF in their organisation! And while we’re speaking of Tim Buntel: Andrew Muller did […]

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Flex Builder 2 edu for free and Flex Builder 2/3 pricing

by kai 02/11/2007

You’ve probably heard of the upcoming free Flex Builder 2 for educational institutions and students. Very cool and that hopefully gives the Flex market another boom. Also – Prayank has just recently blogged about the next general Flex Builder 2 and 3 pricing, very interesting to read and a good pricing model (as I would […]

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German CFUG: Hidden Gems in CF8 and Coldspring

by kai 02/11/2007

Charlie Arehart presented “Hidden Gems in CF 8” for the German CFUG a few weeks ago. I can really recommend this preso to anyone who is either looking into buying/upgrading to CF 8 or even already using it. The recording is available online. While I was looking at the German cfug.de site, I came across […]

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Leopard and the broken FileReference in Flash Player

by kai 02/11/2007

With the update to Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), a lot of people reported issues with using the FileReference in the FlashPlayer (i.e. uploading/downloading files). Emmy Huang, who’s Product Manager for the FlashPlayer, has just posted that the “Moviestar” beta update for Mac that’s on Adobe Labs has been bumped up to version 9.0.98.0 and that […]

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