Isaac Dealey @ COLDFUSION DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL

Isaac Dealey

Isaac Dealey has worked with ColdFusion since 1997 (version 3) for clients from small businesses to large enterprises, including MCI and AT&T Wireless. He evangelizes ColdFusion as a volunteer member of Team Macromedia, is working toward becoming a technical instructor, and is available for speaking engagements.

CFDJ Feature — Strip Tease

By Isaac Dealey

I don't like browser-based WYSIWYG editors. There are a reasonably large number of them and several of the recent versions are even cross-browser-compatible with Mozilla and even some less popular browsers (although Safari continues to be problematic).

Apr. 17, 2006 03:15 PM Reads: 14,484 Replies: 1

ColdFusion Developer's Journal Special "Frameworks" Focus Issue: onTap

By Isaac Dealey

I must admit to having been excited at the prospect of the Pet Market frameworks project when Simon proposed it to us at the Fusebox & Frameworks Conference in September. I once tried to do something similar by creating a small blog application using the three pop...

Feb. 1, 2006 02:15 PM Reads: 21,846 Replies: 2

Playing With(in) the Rules

By Isaac Dealey

In a book entitled Finite and Infinite Games in 1986, James P. Carse wrote 'Finite players play within the rules, infinite players play with the rules.' We play finite games every day, from checkers and chess to Yatzee and Monopoly. Finite games have a familiar pa...

Aug. 9, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 16,971

Out-Moding Modular Presentation with XML

By Isaac Dealey

In my experience, the majority of client change requests for any given application have to do with the presentation layer. This makes sense if you're a client, because the presentation layer is the only part of the application you see.

Feb. 11, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 9,659

Forums onTap

By Isaac Dealey

Programming is hard work, or it can be. For developers there seems to be a tendency to write and rewrite the same code. Often it seems most of our work boils down to the fundamental four: Create/Read/Update/Delete (CRUD).

Dec. 14, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 9,640 Replies: 1

Leveraging JDBC or Just Fetching Coffee?

By Isaac Dealey

Using JDBC metadata, it is now possible to analyze databases and automate database tasks with ColdFusion MX in ways that were problematic or at best difficult in the past. Although Java can be rather intimidating, you don't need to be a Java expert (or a database ...

Jul. 14, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 20,218 Replies: 4

Features Without Fixtures

By Isaac Dealey

If you've ever worked on a licensed application you know how prepackaged applications rarely meet enough of the client's needs to be implemented without modification. Whether the application is intended for your own use or someone else's, there's usually a feature ...

Apr. 13, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 13,955