Why jQuery Rocks or How I Got Joe Danziger to Convert

Joe Danziger is a very well-known Ajax advocate in the ColdFusion community whose produced some really awesome ColdFusion/Ajax articles for sys-con and helped spread the word about Ajax and CF via his site. Well, in my efforts to get people… Continue Reading →

Doing Ajax? YOU NEED TO GET THIS!

Get FireBug 1.0 (beta) If you've been doing any form of Ajax development, you know how invaluable an HTTP sniffer & DOM inspector is. And quite honestly, I've found none better than the FireBug extension in FireFox to handle these… Continue Reading →

Adobe, Where are the ColdFusion Ads?

Earlier in November, I commented on Sean Corfield's Blog about how I felt the both MM & Adobe had, to date, failed miserably in promoting ColdFusion as the application server of choice for web development. Sean replied with: “Rey, what… Continue Reading →

jQuery Ajax Library: Several New Plugins that Are Really Cool

The jQuery plugin explosion continues with some very cool windowing plugins window 0.1 Modal Window ThickBox 2.1 Input Field Expander Grid Control Keyboard Shortcuts The jQuery community is really pushing hard to get the recognition they deserve and these plugins… Continue Reading →

My 1 Year Anniversary

One year ago today, I married the most amazing woman in the world. Beautiful, intelligent, and outgoing she is everything that I've ever wanted in a woman. She has cared for me and my children from day one and has… Continue Reading →

Script.aculo.us Effects Library Maintenance Release

Thomas Fuchs, the main man behind the popular Script.aculo.us Effects library, has just announced a new maintenance release of Script.aculo.us. You can read about it here: http://mir.aculo.us/2006/11/8/script-aculo-us-1-6-5. Now if the Prototype camp could produce updates on a regular basis like… Continue Reading →

JQuery: Some more press for this great Ajax library

Agile Ajax just posted a very good entry about JQuery. Great to see that this amazingly powerful and lightweight Ajax library is getting the press it deserves. JQuery Widgets and the Widget Challenge If you haven't checked it out, you… Continue Reading →

Build a Button, Win Some Ajax Books

In an effort to spread more awareness of the JQuery Ajax/Javascript library, the JQuery project team is holding a contest to build a “Powered by JQuery” button that can be used to promote the JQuery project. The cool thing about… Continue Reading →

Is ColdFusion Really Dead?

I was reading Kay Smoljak's recent blog entry, ColdFusion – NOT a steaming pile of… in which she describes her experience with Kevin Yank of SitePoint.com. Now, a little while ago, Kevin really stirred the pot by calling CF development… Continue Reading →