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The Best Recipe About two years ago, I decided that it would be 'fun' to learn to cook. I figured I would be a quick learner; after all, I liked to eat (passion for the subject), I had been a skilled cabinetmaker (possessed manual skills), and I enjoyed watching 'Iron Chef' on the Food Network (had an... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 10,483  Replies: 2

JavaScript Without the Headaches Coding ColdFusion and coding JavaScript are about as far apart on the productivity spectrum as it's possible to be. CF tags are neat, easy to read, tolerant, and fun to write. JavaScript is none of that. It has all the drawbacks of traditional languages, with the added disadvantage of ... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 12,728

The Secret Powers of Includes You've probably been told for years that CFINCLUDE is like a compile-time directive that 'pulls code' from another file into your template for reuse. That's wrong. I'll prove it to you. Indeed, have you ever tried to include something other than a CF template? You can. Wonder what incl... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 14,835  Replies: 7

When One ColdFusion Is Not Enough By now, every ColdFusion developer knows, or should know, that ColdFusion MX sits on top of underlying Java architecture. Some ColdFusion developers have even been brave enough to attempt ColdFusion/Java integration, creating applications that leverage Java code where appropriate. Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 13,900  Replies: 1

Defeating DoS Attacks A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is an attempt by a single person or a group of people to disrupt an online service. It is designed to bring the server and network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. A DoS attack is the most common type of Internet attack and can be launc... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 14,805  Replies: 2

Design Patterns in ColdFusion: Singleton Pattern With the introduction of ColdFusion Components, or CFCs, in ColdFusion MX, we as ColdFusion developers have a way to leverage object-oriented programming, or OOP, within CFML. Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 10,412

One Product for All: Dreamweaver MX Dreamweaver has been around for years. We've all seen it in some version or other, but it has finally come into its own in the most recent version, MX. Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 9,121

Macromedia's DevNet Resource Kit: Just the Beginning What is the Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit, and how can I get it? As both a Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit (DRK) product manager, and the Macromedia Server Community Manager, I hear these questions often from both the online and offline ColdFusion communities. Starting with volume 3, t... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 8,349

Tales from the List Those of you who frequent the CFDJList already know that in early May of this year I relocated from Washington, DC to London, England to work as a private consultant. Not only does this mean that I can now enjoy a pint of fantastic ale on a much more regular basis, but also that I was ... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 9,093

Red Skies Smiling at Me... No, that's not a misprint, and I haven't lost my mind quite yet. (Some friends might tell you differently, as might the leprechaun in my closet, but we'll save that for a future editorial.) Red Sky is the code name for the next ColdFusion MX release - a FREE (one of the greatest words ... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 9,555  Replies: 7

Extending ColdFusion with Java One of the many reasons to use ColdFusion MX is that it comes standard with the majority of the tools you'll need to write full-featured, dynamic Web applications. Tags like and make it relatively simple to query a relational database and send e-mail. In the same way, you can use an... Jul. 11, 2003  Reads: 15,392