JSON String to object in Flex
April 29, 2009
I'm storing JSON in my database. I then get it via a ColdFusion query and a RemoteObject call. The trouble I had was that Flex just treats the JSON string as a string. What I needed to be able to do was get Flex to evaluate the JSON string and convert it into an object. Read more »
Sharing a Flex project with a team
April 28, 2009
Recently I've been working on a Flex project with another developer. We use SVN and have been committing the entire Flex project to the repository. The problem with this is that any compiler/custom settings you have break as they are stored as part of the project. Read more »
Blocking DOS attacks
April 21, 2009
A member of Devon CFUG recently had a problem where one of his sites was being heavily hit by a bot that didn't comply with the crawl-delay setting in robots.txt, which was causing performance issues. After pondering this for a bit a I thought I'd have a go at creating a script to detect and block rogue bots Read more »
Comparing ColdBox and Fusebox
April 10, 2009
I decided to convert a Fusebox application (which uses ColdSpring) to ColdBox as learning new frameworks is always good. Here are the basic comparisions between a Fusebox XML, Fusebox no XML, and ColdBox controller (or event handlers in ColdBox). Read more »
Flex RemoteObject if ColdFusion isn't on your workstation
April 10, 2009
Here's a quick tip if you write Flex applications that talk to ColdFusion via RemoteObject calls and you don't have ColdFusion installed on your workstation. Read more »
Using ColdBox to power Flex
April 10, 2009
I'm using ColdBox (the 2.6.3 release) for the first time on a client site and one of the reasons for choosing it is the ColdBox Proxy. This allows you to use ColdBox as an event-driven framework for handling remoting. What is really neat about it is that you can monitor remote calls which is a great way of debugging your applications. Read more »
Railo really is fast!
April 02, 2009
I've had a few hours spare so thought I'd see for myself if Railo is as fast as I've heard. Well, after running a few of my own mini applications I can backup the claims. Read more »