Diving into Flex; Ryan Stewart Still In Shock

Over the last year, I've had many conversations about Flex with the likes of Ryan Stewart and Rob Gonda. Now these are two guys that I REALLY respect and because of that, I've decided to take a serious look at… Continue Reading →

SECURITY PATCH Issued for FireBug

A security patch has been issued by Joe Hewitt for FireBug, the popular FireFox extension for debugging JavaScript and Ajax applications. More details can be found here: http://www.getfirebug.com/blog/2007/04/04/security-update/

Pulling the jQuery Ajax Library Source File Directly from jQuery Servers

Directly from the jQuery Blog: “As a project, weve never discouraged first time users from using the jQuery Source Code straight from their personal site; it helps to get new users started with development, without having to worry about keeping… Continue Reading →

BlueDragon 7.0 Officially Released! Competitive Upgrade Being Offered!

Its finally here! BlueDragon 7.0 has been officially released. Its got a ton of great new features including enhanced CFC support and the new CFTHREAD tag for multi-threaded programming as well MAJOR performance improvements that truly make it a top-notch… Continue Reading →

How to Promote ColdFusion

Guys, since launching GotCFM.com, the list of CFML-based sites has grown tremendously. Thats VERY cool and its obviously exciting to see so many sites, both old and new, using CF-technologies at their core. But I want to expand GotCFM.com now… Continue Reading →

GotCFM.com – CF Evangelism Site a HUGE Success

Its funny to think that I built GotCFM.com over a week ago and I still haven't had a chance to blog about it. Well, between the massive and positive response towards the site, work and a trip to California, blogging… Continue Reading →

jQuery and Ext 1.0 – Alpha 2 Release is Up. Get it Whiles its Hot!

The second Alpha release of Ext 1.0 (formerly known as YUI-Ext) has been released by Jack Slocum. Ext 1.0 is now officially decoupled from YUI and has incorporated thejQuery Ajax/JavaScript library into the mix. You can check out more details… Continue Reading →

jQuery & Ext: A JavaScript & Ajax Partnership Made in Heaven

If you're doing any type of Web 2.0/RIA development, then you're bound to know about Jack Slocum's YUI-Ext component library. Its a suite of world class, professionally developed JavaScript controls that truly provide a refined desktop feel to web applications.… Continue Reading →

Tim Buntel Really Cares About ColdFusion Developers

I had a great chat with Tim Buntel, Adobe's Sr. Product Marketing Manager for ColdFusion, yesterday regarding my recent posting about the misconceptions plaguing ColdFusion. We touched on several topics including: Tims budgetary constraints Adobes efforts to help subsidize existing… Continue Reading →