A few months back I was confronted with the problem of writing a fairly large CSV file using ColdFusion. The file size was around 10mb so I got to work with cffile. After building the code, I sat back and pushed the button to test. BANG! the memory on the ColdFusion server was sky high […]

The answer to the question above is very much a question of security. Facing the same question at the moment, I believe it would be best to move all CFC’s into a globally accessible shared mapping. From here the CFC’s can then be divided by project or use, similar to Java notation for a package. […]

I stumbled across this excellent video tutorial by Bruce Eckel and James Ward on Adobe, that shows an example of a Flex application working with Hibernate and XFire. Take a look, as it makes some very interesting learning on how this can be done as well as proving that ColdFusion doesn’t always have to be the […]

I have a new machine at home running Windows Vista and have been racking my brains trying to get my files transferred and my desktop set with all my DEV and research work. I have installed Eclipse Europa (3.3) and was ready to install Flex Builder 2 as a plugin.
With Europa successfully installed, I fired […]

I discovered a very handy colour themes tool online called Adobe Kuler. It allows you to submit colour themes via RSS and for you to explore and share colour themes online. Never again will you experience designers block when trying to match up your colour palette again!!There is an AIR version to download and also an […]

I have been recently learning and using Flex 2. Coming from a ColdFusion background (and being self taught!!), I first found it very hard to get used to the strict typing and syntax that is used to make up  a Flex App.
 Flex Apps are composed of MXML and Actionscript 3 class files. The MXML is […]

This is a very handy site to visit for more information on a very popular Adobe Flex framework called “Cairngorm”.
If you seriously want to develop wide scale (and importantly maintainable!!) applications, then you definitely need to check this site out. There is some excellent learning material and superb diagrams.
 Visit the Cairngorm Docs site and start […]

Adobe have opened up registration for their European MAX 2007 event. You can register for the event here https://secure.adobemax2007.com/europe/register/step1/

Adobe Max Europe 2007 in Barcelona, Spain
Adobe Max 2007 will also be in Europe for the first time this year.
There will be  independent industry leaders, as well as Adobe engineers and developers, providing technical lessons, training and networking events.
 The event will be held in Barcelona, Spain between October 15th - 18th. This sounds like a […]

yes you are reading this correctly!!
Remember the grief us ColdFusion guys always get from the PHP world about PHP being all things great and marvellous. Well PHP people we have an answer ColdFusion 8 will now allow you to run PHP functions and Ruby inside a CF template.
How is this possible?
ColdFusion 8 uses Java 6 […]