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 »

Trapping missing Fuseactions in Fusebox no XML

August 11, 2008

Fusebox does have in-built error handlers, which handle invalid fuses or circuits. If you've ever used them you'll know that they are not particularly user friendly. You could style the errorhandlers, which is not ideal as multiple sites could share the core files. I prefer to trap the exception in Application.cfc. Read more »

The no XML version of Fusebox is not Fusebox Lite

July 11, 2008

The no XML version of Fusebox is not "Fusebox Lite". I just heard a presenter refer to it as such and I feel compelled to respond! Read more »

Remove circuit.xml.cfm from Model and View circuits

June 25, 2008

I recently did a talk on Fusebox 5.5 at Devon CFUG and mentioned that you get rid of all those pesky circuit.xml.cfm files from the Model and View directories, and found that it isn't widely known that you can do this. Read more »

Rebooting ColdFusion server nightmare

June 15, 2008

I recently came across an "interesting problem" (by which I mean nightmare) when rebooting a ColdFusion server. The server hosts approximately 30 web applications, all of which use a framework (mostly Fusebox). The issue I had was that the … Read more »

To open source or not?

May 02, 2008

Jedi Master, Raymond Camden recently did a presentation on Open Source and RIAForge. The synopsis pretty much covers it: It is time for more CFers to start contributing to Open Source, for the benefit of the Community and the product. Ray provides… Read more »

Additional parameters for Fusebox 5.5, event.xfa()

April 29, 2008

This is documented in the Fusebox 5.5 release notes, but if like me you've forgot it then to add additional parameters to an Xfa just do this: <cfset event.xfa("next","main.home","message","Thank you!") /… Read more »

Set default password in Fusebox reload Firefox extension

April 25, 2008

Just a quick post to say that Stephen Judd has just updated the Fusebox reload Firefox extension so that you can set the default password. To quote Steve: I've upgraded the addon to version .11  Now, the default password upon installation is … Read more »

Fusebox 5 Reload extension has moved

April 24, 2008

The Fusebox 5 Reload extension for Firefox by Stephen Judd has moved to the official Firefox Add-ons site. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6664 If you use Fusebox then you really need to get the Fusebox 5 Reload extension for Firefox… Read more »

Coldbox 2.6.0.

April 21, 2008

I've been keeping my eye on the Coldbox framework for ColdFusion and have heard a lot of positive things about it. I've been a Fusebox user since version 4 came out; whilst I liked the concept, Fusebox 3 just wasn't mature enough. Coldbox and the fuseb… Read more »

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