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 »
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 »
Fusebox NOXML permissions
February 04, 2009
One of things I miss about the XML approach is the permissions attribute for circuit and fuseaction. Has anyone come up with an equivalent in Circuit as CFC? My solution is to use MetaData, so you would do something like: 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 »
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 »