Generic Activity Indicator for Ajax Requests

Over the weekend I was fiddling was some code to see how to make a generic activity indicator for Ajax requests. I’m sure most of you have seen these but if not, here’s one similar to what Facebook uses: While… Continue Reading

Video Interview with the Yahoo UI JavaScript Library Team

Last Friday I got a chance to visit the Yahoo! campus and meet with the YUI team. I have to say I felt pretty special because these guys usually work remotely on Friday’s and they took the time to come… Continue Reading

jQuery Replacements for CFGRID, CFWINDOW, and CFTOOLTIP

Sean Corfield blogged about some new jQuery-based Ajax replacement widgets created by Michael Sprague. Michael wrapped the functionality of FlexiGrid, jTip and jqModal (3 of the best jQuery plugins available) into easy to use ColdFusion tags that serve to replace… Continue Reading

Ext Releases v2.0.2 with Adobe AIR Support

To coincide with the release of Adobe's AIR v1.0, the Ext team released v2.0.2 of the Ext framework with enhanced support for the new AIR runtime. The Ext and Adobe teams collaborated during the AIR beta process to ensure that… Continue Reading

Adobe Release AIR v1.0! No More Beta!

Continuing their march into the RIA space, Adobe announced today the official release of AIR v1.0 and Flex 3.0. Adobe AIR The AIR runtime and SDK has gone through an especially long beta cycle (since June 2007) to ensure that… Continue Reading

Ext & ColdFusion Server-Side Community Projects

An excellent barometer of a project's growth and acceptance is the creation of community extensions that compliment the project. It's demonstrative of how users are embracing Ext and in some cases, need to go past what the core framework provides.… Continue Reading

ColdFusion-Powered JoesGoals.com Get's More Ajax Goodness

I just read that Ian Smith, creator of CF-Powered Joe's Goals, has given the site a bit of a face lift and has released v2.0 into closed beta. This is a complete rebuild of the core application with an emphasis… Continue Reading

Ext 2.0 JavaScript Framework Beta 1 is just amazing

If you're a ColdFusion 8 developer, then you've probably used Ext by virtue of using CF8's Ajax controls. Well, Ext JS, LLC, the company that makes the Ext JavaScript framework has just released a new version. The Ext team is… Continue Reading

Adobe, you need to let us do this in CF8! :)

Man, now wouldn't this be a nice thing to have in CF8: Ext 2.0 Web Desktop w/ Start Menu The start menu mod was created by Ext community member mxracer. Just awesome.

Ext 2.0 Alpha Released – New version of Javascript Framework

The Ext team is proud to announce that the first public release of Ext v2.0 is available for download. This new version of the Ext framework introduces a host of new features, a new document center, expanded & better organized… Continue Reading