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Vol. 8 Iss: 7

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During a recent conversation between Mike Britton, Brian Kotek, and myself, we were discussing the features that we'd like to see in ColdFusion 8. (A podcast of this discussion can be found at helmsandpeters.com.) I'd like to share with you some thoughts on the topic. Much that follows...
Way back when ColdFusion 4.5 was released, the concept of structures (associative arrays to some of you) was introduced. Never one to be receptive to change - not to mention having no background in other programming languages - I shunned structures for the most part and kept on my merr...
Two months ago I put together an article about building an RSS aggregator (CFDJ, Vol. 8, issue 5). Before reading this you might want to refresh your mind on the original article. Go over here - http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/235976.htm - to read it.
I remember sitting at a ColdFusion conferences (probably CFUN) back when CFMX 7 was still in its pre-beta stage and watching as Ben Forta revealed some of the new features. There was a mixed reaction when he talked about event gateways.
When you set out to write your first Flex application you'll have to choose what tool you'll use to write it with. Currently the most popular tool to use is the free Eclipse IDE. If you don't have Eclipse installed go to http://www.eclipse.org/ to install it. You'll need to install Ecl...
As ColdFusion programmers or system administrators, there are times when we go through the CF Admin interface to try and optimize the server. A particular section located within the standalone version of the ColdFusion Administrator is simply called Java and JVM. When you reach this se...
Recently I worked on a project using Flex to create a front-end for Java-based Web Services. I ran into a favorite in the Java world: Transfer Objects/Value Objects. Early in the project, I was a bit skeptical of the transfer object model but, later on, I came to respect the value that...
How does a bank justify using over $200 million in shareholder funds to its shareholders? That's the million-dollar question that CEOs of banks in Nigeria were trying to answer in the aftermath of the forced capitalization imposed on them by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Let's face it, the web is a frequently changing landscape - more so now than it has been since its inception. When the term 'Web 2.0' first set the industry on fire, I have to admit, I was not terribly excited.


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