Adobe ColdFusion Anthology - a new ColdFusion book!
Thanks to Michael and Judith Dinowitz, there is a new ColdFusion book on the market, Adobe ColdFusion Anthology, and I'm glad to have had a hand in it. I've been sitting on this for over a year now...
View ArticleiKnowKungFoo is Evolving
It's been a year and a half since my last post and over two years since my last truly technical post. I promised myself I'd get back to writing this year, but life and work kept getting in the way....
View ArticleOpenCF Summit and ColdBox Training Discount
The first CFML conference of the year is almost here. Come on down to Dallas and hang out with one of the largest ColdFusion / CFML communities in the US."[The] OpenCF Summit is a community gathering...
View ArticleD-Flex is hosting Ted Patrick from Sencha Feb 16, 2012
The DFW ColdFusion User Group normally meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month. We'd planned to avoid Valentine's day and meet on the 16th with a 2nd presentation on Ext.js. However, the guys at the...
View ArticleLooking for ColdFusion, Java, JavaScript, UI and SQL Developers
I have been at Equator for 2.5 years, currently a Senior Enterprise Architect and I'm having a blast working here. We have multiple openings in Los Angeles, Irvine, Plano, and Seattle. In addition to...
View ArticleCheck All Checkboxes with jQuery - Revisited
Nearly 4 years ago, I showed how to "check all checkboxes" using jQuery 1.2.6. In this post, I'm going to show a more advanced, but still simple way to handle checkboxes with jQuery that accounts for...
View ArticleUpgrading ColdFusion: CFGRID has an inconsistent width attribute
I'm in the process of moving a massive, years-old application from ColdFusion 8 to ColdFusion 9. I'm also testing on ColdFusion 10 (currently in beta). I've run into a few issues and will document...
View ArticleArrayCollection.cfc, a custom JSON renderer for ColdFusion queries
There's been a few recent blogs posts covering how to convert the JSON returned by ColdFusion's serializeJSON function to a more standard pattern in order to use data with various grids or JavaScript...
View ArticleAlways install ColdFusion Builder 2 as an Eclipse plugin
I recently picked up a 17" Macbook Pro and am in the process of setting it up as my primary development machine. I'm a long time user of Eclipse and moved from CFEclipse to ColdFusion Builder when...
View ArticleInstalling ColdFusion 10 on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
While setting up my Macbook Pro for web development, I was flummoxed by the issues reported by many people trying to setup ColdFusion 10 on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion, as well as Window 8. Adobe even has...
View ArticleDitching ColdFusion's UI Controls at cfObjective
Saturday at 3pm, I'm presenting at cfObjective(). The title in the schedule says, "Building Modern ColdFusion Applications", but I should have asked them to update it to say, "Ditch ColdFusion's UI...
View ArticleSlides and Code from my cfObjective() 2013 Presentation
Slides and code are available via DropBox and Github. I've posted links on my Twitter account @iKnowKungFoo already, but here they are for those not following me (and why aren't you?). :)Slides The...
View ArticleBetter UI Means Better UX at ColdBox Developers Week 2013
On June 20, 2013 at 3pm CST, I'll be presenting a ColdBox version of my KungFoo Gallery application during ColdBox Developers Week. This online conference runs from June 17-21, 2013. 5 days & 19...
View ArticleCode and Video from my ColdBox Developers Week 2013 Presentation
I gave this talk at cfObjective() 2013 using an application built with no MVC framework. In "Better UI Means Better UX", I rebuilt the Kung Foo Gallery application using the ColdBox MVC framework. I...
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