Moving on with basic ColdFusion topics, today we'll look into the different variable types available. We'll also talk about the different ways of controlling the flow of the page through the use of conditional blocks and loops.
We now make it to the pièce-de-resistance. The next 2 or 3 posts should go over the basics of ColdFusion.
Earlier today I blogged about being aware of the differences between the way ColdBox and ColdFusion 8 handle variable names when serializing to JSON for remote calls (the original post name is much more elegant, I promise). Several questions arose as to the different ways variables can be created and how exactly each method would output, so I decided to put together this short test.
Nothing big, really. However, I did spend part of the morning figuring it out. If you follow me on Twitter, you might've noticed I had to work out a weird problem with ColdBox and jQuery. What was happening was that I had a jQuery plugin working great with CF8, but as soon as I started using it on an app built around ColdBox it stopped working.
I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but I'm still alive.
Just a short post today. A couple of people joined the Montreal CFUG in the last couple of days, so I thought this would be a great time to promote it and try and get even more people in!
So whatever your level of expertise is in ColdFusion, if you live in or around Montreal come join us: Official Adobe Groups page.
For those of you that missed it, Peter Bell gave a great presentation on Iterating Business Objects (IBO) in ColdFusion. The entire presentation was recorded and is available here.
Last night I had a little time on my hands and decided to start a project I'd had on the backburner for a while (hint, hint). While setting up Coldbox, I wondered: Why not use application-specific mappings to reference the right framework versions? You might remember I had made a (short) series on refactoring Coldbox, Coldspring and Transfer for this exact reason. However, reading the Jedi's Transfer adventures made me realize that being on ColdFusion 8 meant that I could have these specific mappings, rather than refactoring the frameworks. I ran into an issue or two, however, and here's how I got rid of them.
Last week, I showed you how I had setup my register method in my project. After a couple of comments, I realized I had tied my service layer too tightly with my MVC framework (ColdBox), by passing in the entire event object, rather than just the data that I needed. Today, I explore a different way of doing things, while also making a couple of little changes to the way the handlers are setup.
I've been stuck reinstalling Eclipse and friends (read plugins) for the last hour or so, so I figured I might as well read up on my backblogs (you never know, that word just might stick). If you haven't seen it, Jason's been writing up a really neat series on Coldbox and Coldspring. He's taking a different approach than I am, which is great since you get to have different point of views.
Yeah, yeah, I forgot the links. They're in now.
I've been having lots of fun playing around with my shiny new Linux (Ubuntu) installation. However, for someone that's been used to the easy life under Window$ I have to admit that there is a little of a learning curve. One of the things that's been causing me the most grief (right after all that hacking in the terminal) is the fact that Linux is case-sensitive. As a ColdFusion developer, that means I have to be extra careful about how I name and call my pages.
