Looking for details on installing and configuring multiple ColdFusion MX 6.1 instances with IIS and Apache? This article is where you should start: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/multi_instances.html.
"Conventional wisdom dictates that code, all code, be written with portability in mind. After all, you wouldn't want to have to revisit and rewrite code when moving between platforms or environments, would you? And while I do believe that coding for portability is a good thing in general, I also...
The Macromedia Flash team has released two new Flash Wizards. The "Data Connection Wizard" simplifies the process of connecting back-end data (Web Services or XML) to a data set and data grid, setting up all the controls and bindings. The "DataGrid Column Editor" generates ActionScript code for...
I just replaced a poll that I had been hosting on my site for a few months now, I left it online longer than most polls because I wanted to at least 1000 responses (which I now have). The poll asked "What is most compelling about CFMX 6.1?" and gave 5 possible answers. 49% picked "Increased...
Several of you have e-mailed me to tell me that links to Breeze presentations are not working. Macromedia has been consolidating Breeze servers, and so some of the URLs have changed. So, in case you were looking for them, here are the new URLs for the current Breezos: Java and ColdFusion MX:...
I'll be attending MAX 2004 in Singapore in March. Details are at http://www.macromedia.com/ap/events/max2004_singapore.html. Hope to see you there.
Brian Kotek has written an article on CFC polymorphism for Builder.com (see http://builder.com.com/5100-6386_14-5144505.html). While the explanations feel a little skimpy at times, this is still worth the read.
From Mindrally: "Forklift will change development with ColdFusion MX. Forklift will help bridge the gap for CFMX developers who have not been introduced to Object Oriented Development and the advantages that is brings to application development. It will also help those who are accustomed to using...
It is possible to write an entire ColdFusion application using just Custom Tags (and a single file as an entry point). Similarly, it is possible to write an entire ColdFusion application using just .cfc files (I've yet to see one of these, but it is doable). So, when should Custom Tags be used? And...
This one is apparently not that new, but it was just brought to my attention, and I thought it worth sharing in case others had not run into it yet. Rohan Clan has created a basic ColdFusion Eclipse plug-in for use with Eclipse 2.1 and 3 (and apparently tested on Windows, Mac, and Linux running JRE...