http://cfdj.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Chip Temm Copyright 2008 COLDFUSION DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:04:00 GMT COLDFUSION DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/441652.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/441652.htm Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:15:00 GMT Early releases of ColdFusion (under Allaire) focused on the Windows market and it was common to include example Access databases. It was common for entry-level developers to take this example to heart and build systems on Access back-ends. One didn't have to install, set up, admin, or most importantly pay for anything. With the beta release of ColdFusion 8, Adobe is providing support for an array of open source databases. Now using PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Apache Derby (formerly IBM Cloudscape) has been made that simpler for CF developers since JDBC drivers for all of them are included. Any of these solutions can be used for the free distribution of databases on either Windows or *nix. http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/311292.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/311292.htm Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT With the introduction of MX, ColdFusion programmers started to move away from the world of hard-to-maintain reams of scripts with includes, and into the world of clearly defined libraries with specific responsibilities. CustomTags were a good stab at re-usable code, but focused on the level of the function as opposed to grouping functions, which meant the method lacked a good way to define the return value and had scoping issues. http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/289659.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/289659.htm Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:15:00 GMT The sign of an experienced developer is solid design. Novices edit examples they find on the Net, journeymen figure out how to code something as they do it, but craftsmen plan their work. Starting out, this can look like wasted time, but if your app is any good, your customer will want to expand it. Then, if you need some help, you'll have to explain all that intuitive code to ten people, all of whom you are paying by the hour. Diagrams would be nice then, right? http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/154232.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/154232.htm Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:15:00 GMT It's a great problem to have: thousands of people like yourself providing daily updates from the leading edge of your craft. If you want to learn where things are going in the world of Web programming, you need to read blogs and lots of them.