ColdFusion Security Hotfix changes session behaviour (10 Mar 2011 ) The Hotfix released by Adobe in February appears to change the way session identifiers are generated.
The simplicity of ColdFusion 9 Part 1 (17 Mar 2011 ) Features of ColdFusion 9 which allow you to write simpler code than in previous versions.
The simplicity of ColdFusion 9 Part 2 (30 Mar 2011 ) More of my favourite code-simplifying new features in CF9.
itunes:duration integer values cause CFFEED to fail (4 Apr 2011 ) <cffeed> will throw an exception when reading podcast feeds that specify the duration as an integer. Here's a suggested work-around.
<cffile action="rename"> and nameconflict (11 Apr 2011 ) Should file renaming operations have a "nameconflict" handling option?
Forcing values to be inserted into spreadsheets as text (13 Apr 2011 ) How to make sure values which could be interpreted as numbers are inserted as text when populating a spreadsheet
The simplicity and complexity of ORM (11 May 2011 ) Does Object Relational Mapping add simplicity or complexity? A newbie's perspective.
Using <cfproperty> to create default CFC property values (16 May 2011 ) How to set default component property values using CFPROPERTY without enabling ORM
HQL SELECT clauses: watch out for whitespace characters (18 May 2011 ) In ACF ORM, HQL SELECT clauses containing tabs or new line characters will cause an exception
The simplicity of jQuery style generic getters and setters in ColdFusion Part 1 (24 May 2011 ) First of three posts on making generic getters and setters in ColdFusion work like jQuery's x() and x(value).
The simplicity of jQuery style generic getters and setters in ColdFusion Part 2 (24 May 2011 ) Second of three posts on making generic getters and setters in ColdFusion work like jQuery: improving the technique in CF9
The simplicity of jQuery style generic getters and setters in ColdFusion Part 3 (25 May 2011 ) Final post on making generic getters and setters in ColdFusion work like jQuery: further refinements - bulk setting and ensuring NULLs for ORM
Simpler optional cfarguments (15 Jun 2011 ) For optional cfarguments, there is no need to use required="false". Also defaults will make required arguments optional.
Workaround for SpreadSheetAddRow() limitation when column values contain commas (20 Jun 2011 ) SpreadSheetAddRow() uses commas to delimit the column values of the row so can't be used to add data that contains commas. Here's a workaround.
Update to June ColdFusion Security Hot-fix (22 Jul 2011 ) Adobe have released an update to the June CF HotFix addressing various reported problems.
How I got started in ColdFusion (1 Aug 2011 ) My humble contribution to Steve Bryant's day of reminiscence
The simplicity of FW/1 (4 Aug 2011 ) Moving from Fusebox to FW/1 has brought a number of benefits. The latest update makes switching even more compelling.
Generating page fragments in FW/1 (8 Aug 2011 ) FW/1 now offers two ways of generating fragments to be output within the main page view or layout.
Integrated search for a static website Part 1 (12 Sep 2011 ) My quest for an integrated search function for my "baked" (static html) blog.
Integrated search for a static website Part 2 (20 Sep 2011 ) Implementing a ColdFusion/Solr driven search function on a static html blog.
The simplicity of CfStatic (7 Oct 2011 ) CfStatic is a brilliant tool for managing your static CSS and JS files and improving page loading times.
ColdFusion ORM by John Whish (12 Oct 2011 ) Review of "ColdFusion ORM: A guide to developing applications using ColdFusion ORM" by John Whish
The simplicity of LESS CSS with CfStatic (4 Jan 2012 ) CfStatic allows you to write your CSS files using the developer-friendly LESS syntax without having to worry about Javascript support/performance on the client.
Simpler link building in FW/1 (11 Nov 2011 ) FW/1 now supports relative sections when using the buildUrl() API method, meaning less code and easier renaming
Java Critical Patch Update February 2012 (19 Feb 2012 ) Oracle have released update 31 for Java 1.6 which includes a number of security patches.
ORM related entities in different databases (22 Feb 2012 ) CF9.0.1 supports ORM entities with different data sources, but not relationships between them apparently. Here's a workaround.
Simpler handling of JSON serialised ColdFusion query objects (7 May 2012 ) Steve "Cutter" Blades has come up with a great way of dealing with the compact but quirky JSON ColdFusion returns when serialising query objects.