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I Am a Complete Moron

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:33:00 -0700

Ayep, you read the title right. Quite frankly, it totally sucks that I have been forced to come to that realization, but I suppose in the end, it is better that I realized it before it was too late. [More]

Using Multi-Word-Actions in ColdBox 2.6

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:06:00 -0700

The other day Jason Durham posed a question to me:

How can I go about using multi-word actions, using hyphens as separators, in my ColdBox handlers?

After my initial "Why on earth would you want to do that?" response, Jason pointed out the SEO benefits of doing so, which makes perfect sense. (That's when I thought to myself, "Hmmm, why didn't I think of that?") [More]

Where In The World Is The Next ColdBox Training Session?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:25:00 -0700

The question: Where in the world is the next ColdBox training session going to take place? The answer: Like about everything else in ColdFusion, "it depends". That is, it depends upon YOU! That's right folks, YOU can have a say in where the next ColdBox training session takes place. Go right now to the ColdBox blog and voice your opinion.

ColdBox Platform Training Seminars Releases October 2008 Outline and Extends Early-Bird Price

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:00 -0700

Rancho Cucamonga, CA, August 5, 2008 - ColdBox Platform Official Training Seminars today released the Course Outline for their October 2008 ColdBox Platform 101 seminar to be held in Dallas, Texas, and also announced that the Early-Bird Special Price of just $1,195 has been extended through August 31, 2008. Registrants can take advantage of this $200 savings over the full seminar price of $1,395 by completing their registration before 5PM (Pacific Daylight Time) on August 31, 2008. [More]

Transfer: Incrementing IDs and an Oooops

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:53:00 -0700

Transfer allows you the option of having the database handle your IDs for new records (e.g. 'identity' in MSSQL or 'auto_increment' in MySQL), which is the default behavior for Transfer, or you can have Transfer generate your new IDs for you by utilizing the 'generate' attribute on your ID tag in your transfer.xml config file, and setting it to 'true'. I personally prefer having the database handle my IDs for me, so I never really paid much attention to this particular feature of Transfer until recently. [More]

ColdBox Reaches 2.6 Final Release

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:28:00 -0700

Luis Majano announced that ColdBox hit 2.6 Final Release today. This release boasts a number of new features. Here is a quick overview of some of my personal favorites: [More]

ColdBox Platform Official Training Seminars Announces Early-Bird Special Pricing for October 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:28:00 -0700

Ontario, CA, July 3, 2008 - ColdBox Platform Official Training Seminars today announced an Early-Bird Special discount registration price of just $1,195 for their October 2008 ColdBox Platform 101 seminar to be held in Dallas, Texas. Registrants can take advantage of this $200 savings over the full seminar price of $1,395 by completing their registration before 5PM (Pacific Daylight Time) on July 31, 2008. The ColdBox Platform 101 Seminar is a 2-Day Introduction to ColdBox and ColdBox Platform Application Development providing 16+ hours of intense, hands-on training with ColdBox author Luis Majano and other qualified ColdBox Trainers in an intimate setting with only 15 seats available. Attendees will be guided through a quick overview of ColdBox and then step-by-step instruction on putting ColdBox to work for themselves in their own applications. The skills learned in this seminar can be immediately applied to a developer's daily tasks. For more information on ColdBox Platform Training or to register, please visit the ColdBox Training web site.

ColdBox 2.6 RC2 Released

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:57:00 -0700

Luis Majano announced that ColdBox 2.6 RC2 is now available. Check out the following diagram of this awesome application platform: If you're still on the fence about ColdBox, I urge you to download and take a serious look.

ColdBox: Using 'Persist'

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:48:00 -0700

Back in the ColdBox 2.5.1 release, a new feature was added: persist. Think of it as a sort of "flash memory", allowing your application to "remember" event variables when moving the user to the next event. I was recently asked about this feature, so I figured I would make a quick post about it in an effort to help more people. [More]

Another Development House Goes Cold

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:20:00 -0700

Amcom Technology, a software development house based in the San Francisco Bay Area just announced their move to ColdBox. As an avid ColdBox supporter and user myself, I am happy to hear of more people coming on board. In his announcement, Tariq Ahmed, Manager of Product Development, made the following statement: [More]

ColdBox 2.6 Makes ColdCourse Integration Even Easier

Sat, 17 May 2008 19:30:00 -0700

Awhile back I posted about ColdCourse Integration in ColdBox, and how easy it is to use SES (or "pretty") URLs with ColdBox. Today I was taking a peek at the What's New in ColdBox 2.6 documentation, and down at the very bottom I spotted something that seems so trivial, but is so totally cool that I wanted to be sure to highlight it. [More]

ColdBox 2.6 + AJAX (powered by jQuery) = Sinfully Easy

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:48:00 -0700

I've mentioned before that I <3 ColdBox and that I <3 jQuery. Independently of one another, they are just a pleasure to work with. Today I decided to write my first-ever jQuery-powered AJAX functionality inside a ColdBox-powered application. It's ridiculously simple to do - one might even say sinful. So easy in fact, that I decided to post a quick "tutorial" on how to handle a pretty common task with ColdBox and jQuery. [More]

ColdBox 2.6.0 Beta 1 Available

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:13:00 -0700

Luis Majano has released ColdBox 2.6.0 Beta 1. There are a number of new features included in this release that are sure to make your development life even easier. It never ceases to amaze me how many great new features and improved "old" features Team ColdBox manages to fit into each release. You can download the latest release from the ColdBox Framework site. For full documentation, check the Trac site.

Using Mapped Views in ColdBox

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:55:00 -0700

I don't know about you guys, but there are a number of simple, boring view files that are identical across multiple applications. One such example would be a standard user login form. Nothing fancy - it's the same on pretty much all websites. In the past I have always done the ol' copy/paste for these files and had them residing in the directory structure of each application that they were needed in. Well, thanks to ColdBox those days are now gone forever in QuackApps. [More]

ColdBox 2.5.2 Now Available

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:35:00 -0700

Luis Majano recently announced that ColdBox 2.5.2 and the new website has been released. Be sure to check out the What's New? guide for all of the new features. Simply put, I continue to be amazed at how powerful a framework ColdBox is, and how pleasurable it is to build applications on it. Thank you again to Luis and Team ColdBox for all of your hard work!