Book Review: Object Orientated Technology: A manager's guide
September 29, 2008
This book was recommend by Hal Helms and if it's good enough for Hal then it's good enough for me :) Although this book was first published in 1990 it is still jam packed with useful information. It talks about C++ and Smalltalk but the explanations are relevant to any OO capable language, I got the first edition (for £2 for AbeBooks!) so they may have updated this in the second edition. Read more »
Cfwheels : Sample application
September 23, 2008
This is a really simple example of getting and displaying data from a database using the ColdFusion of Wheels framework. I should point out that I am not an expert, this is just me learning! Read more »
Video made with Canon EOS 5D Mark II
September 23, 2008
This short video was shot with the new EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR. It's amazing for a normal video camera let alone a DSLR! Read more »
Windows XP SP3 breaks Apache
September 19, 2008
I've just installed Windows Service Pack 3 for XP (pro) and now Apache will not start. Read more »
Find tags without a class using jQuery
September 18, 2008
A quick jQuery tip. I wanted to add a class to any pre tags that didn't have a class attribute. Here's how to do it... Read more »
OO and Fusebox no xml
September 18, 2008
Brian Kotek wrote a sample application which illustrates extensive use of OO principles. I've taken Brian's Fusebox 4.1 Bookstore code and reworked it to use Fusebox 5.5 no XML. Read more »
cfproperty, onMissingMethod and data type validation
September 16, 2008
Using cfproperty means you can still have a documented API and date type checking when you use the onMissingMethod technique for getters and setters. Read more »
Enabling Url Rewriting on Apache
September 10, 2008
Just a quick note that if you want to rewrite urls using an .htaccess file then you need to enable the rewrite module. Read more »
OOP Terminology : Part IV - Scopes
September 09, 2008
When you create CFCs you need to be careful that you don't expose more data than you need to. When you create a CFC you need to be aware of the different scopes available. This is an overview of the three types. Read more »
Use Subqueries - they are fast!
September 05, 2008
Using SQL subqueries can give your huge performance gain over manipulating recordsets with ColdFusion. Read more »