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CloudSpring: 11 Things Every Developer Should Know About the Cloud
December 19, 2011
CloudSpring: 11 Things Every Developer Should Know About the Cloud
Cloud computing opens a world of possibilities for software and developers, but coding for the cloud isn’t necessarily as straightforward as you might think. The learning curve for developers can be tricky—especially for web developers unused to working with concepts such as threading and concurrency, latency, asynchronicity and failure tolerance. Here are 11 things you need to watch out for when you start developing for the cloud. Compliance & Governance Legal and operational requirements often dictate the location of your data storage and hosting, and in the cloud it’s no different
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ColdFusion 9 at Your Service: Image Manipulation with AIR
October 28, 2009
ColdFusion 9 at Your Service: Image Manipulation with AIR
One of the exciting new features in ColdFusion 9 is the addition of a web service layer wrapping several aspects of ColdFusion's functionality. Kai shows us how to access those services from an AIR app to manipulate images online.
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Five Stars! Add a Rating Widget to your ColdFusion App
August 25, 2009
Five Stars! Add a Rating Widget to your ColdFusion App
Your readers want to have their say! In this article Kai shows you how to add a rating widget to your ColdFusion 9 app using a custom tag and some Ajax magic courtesy of the Adobe Spry JavaScript library.
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Build Your Own URL Shortener
August 05, 2009
Build Your Own URL Shortener
Kay's latest tutorial walks you through the creation of a web app to shorten URLs using the slick new beta of ColdFusion Builder. If you're interested, you can play along at home, and quiz yourself on how well you did!
Get Shorty: Trim the Fat with ColdFusion
August 04, 2009
Get Shorty: Trim the Fat with ColdFusion
Tired of the same old URL shorteners like TinyURL, tr.im or bit.ly? Ever wished you could run your very own URL shortener? In ColdFusion, it's probably easier than you think.
What’s New in ColdFusion 9?
July 14, 2009
What’s New in ColdFusion 9?
The ColdFusion 9 beta is finally here, and there's plenty to get excited about. In this article Kai reveals what you can expect from the next generation of Adobe ColdFusion. If you're up to a challenge, test your knowledge of what's new in ColdFusion with our quiz!
The release of ColdFusion 9…
September 04, 2008
The release of ColdFusion 9…
CF9 the shirt, that is. If you’re eagerly anticipating ColdFusion 9 – codenamed Centaur – you can now get the unofficial tshirt. As well as looking after your fashion woes, Kay wraps up the latest developments in the ColdFusion community from this week.
All’s Quiet on the CF Front…
August 28, 2008
All’s Quiet on the CF Front…
This week was strangely quiet. Nothing much on the frameworks front; Open BlueDragon and Railo kept to themselves. Hmmm, looks like everyone is heads down coding… let’s see what they’ve got for us. Code n’ Concepts Adobe have released a technote briefly demonstrating how images can be streamed. And if you’re working with CFIMAGE, Scott [...]
10 Questions for Isaac Dealey on the OnTap Framework
August 24, 2008
10 Questions for Isaac Dealey on the OnTap Framework
Isaac Dealey is the author of two ColdFusion frameworks: onTap and an object relational mapper called DataFaucet. SitePoint recently had the privilege of sitting down with him for a discussion about his frameworks.
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The Week In ColdFusion: 13-19 Aug: And amongst the Gurus, an ArgumentCollection did break out
August 21, 2008
The Week In ColdFusion: 13-19 Aug: And amongst the Gurus, an ArgumentCollection did break out
So… did ya miss me? I had an awesome holiday, and have come back to an overflowing feed reader. Although I may touch on some of the big things that happened while I was away, I’m going to concentrate on the current week – otherwise this post would take you an hour to read and [...]
The Week in ColdFusion, 2-8 July: Object-oriented CFML for fun and profit
July 11, 2008
The Week in ColdFusion, 2-8 July: Object-oriented CFML for fun and profit
In the last few weeks, the number of code-related blog posts in the ‘ole CFBlogosphere has skyrocketed – which is just the way I like it. This week I found lots of good material on writing object oriented code. This bumper roundup will be the last that I’ll be posting this month – I’m off [...]
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The Week In ColdFusion: June 25-July 1: An unconference, a new book and a boatload of code
July 03, 2008
The Week In ColdFusion: June 25-July 1: An unconference, a new book and a boatload of code
Last week there were lots of announcements and the odd bit of controversy in the ‘ol CFML blogosphere… this week, not so much. However, I do have some tasty code posts for you and some even tastier open source news – bon appetit! Code Interested in learning object-oriented programming? Join Ben Nadel as he builds [...]
The Week in ColdFusion: 18-24 June: CFML, Fast and Furious
June 27, 2008
The Week in ColdFusion: 18-24 June: CFML, Fast and Furious
One of the big topics this week has been the announcement of the CFML Advisory Committee at CFUnited. This group, headed up by Sean Corfield, includes members of the Adobe ColdFusion community and the Railo community, but notably no one from the Open BlueDragon camp. Ben Forta has posted his thoughts on the committee, and [...]
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The Week in ColdFusion: 11–17 June: ColdFusion 9 sneak peak leaks
June 19, 2008
The Week in ColdFusion: 11–17 June: ColdFusion 9 sneak peak leaks
Scotch on the Rocks and WebDU were last week (see my WebDU Day 1 post here) and CFUnited is now underway. It looks like CFUnited will generate heaps of blog posts, so I’ll probably have a separate conference round up after it’s over – but for now, a few advance details for ColdFusion 9 (coming [...]
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