One of the most powerful new features available in ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise
that many ColdFusion developers might not yet be using is event gateways.
Event gateways open up entirely new possibilities for ColdFusion and allow
our ColdFusion applications to communicate with more or less any other
Internet-enabled system even if the system doesn't communicate via the
"traditional" HTTP protocol.
CFMX 7 Enterprise ships with a few gateways to get you started, such as an
SMS gateway for communicating with mobile devices, a directory watcher
gateway, a socket gateway, a Java Message Service (JMS) gateway, and
Jabber/XMMP as well as Lotus Sametime IM gateways, so you have a lot of
possibilities right out of the box.
If you don't need the specific functionality offered by these gateways you
might not have investigated them thoroughly and because the event gateways
thems... (more)
On New Year's Eve, 2004 I declared 2005 to be the "year of object-oriented
programming for ColdFusion developers," and since the year is approaching its
final quarter it's a good time to focus our attention on OOP in ColdFusion
and see how we're doing.
Based on talking with developers both in person and virtually, reading blogs,
and looking at some of the newer ColdFusion code that people have been
sending my way over the last few months, I'm really excited about the
increase in interest and use of OOP in ColdFusion. The ability to even do
object-oriented programming in ColdFusi... (more)
It's all Simon's fault.
We say this to all framework writers who, even now, are trying to recover
from the task assigned them by CFDJ's editor-in-chief: provide an article and
an implementation of the Macromedia Pet Market application in their chosen
framework.
Realizing that our first sentence might not serve as sufficient explanation
for those weary framework authors, allow us to provide further
clarification...
It began with an innocent-seeming dinner for speakers at the recent "Fusebox
and Frameworks" conference. When we found ourselves seated next to Simon
Horwith, we had... (more)
(April 15, 2005) - In the beginning of the World Wide Web there was HTML, and
it was good. HTML provided an easy, structured way to present data and
images, and hyperlinks gave users access to other pages with the simple click
of a mouse.
As time went on, however, users demanded more and more from HTML, which led
to the rise of Web applications. At first the users were pleased with the
ability to shop and do their banking online, but they soon became frustrated.
"These Web applications don't behave like my desktop applications!" they
cried. "I'm sick of waiting for page reloads e... (more)
Last month I introduced you to the wonderful world of building Rich Internet
Applications with Macromedia Flex ("Flex Your ColdFusion Muscles," CFDJ, Vol.
6, issue 12) and discussed some of the distinct advantages RIAs have over
traditional HTML applications.
This month I'd like to go a bit deeper and discuss how Flex can give users a
much better experience through its powerful interactive data presentation
capabilities. Data presentation isn't always given a great deal of attention
because we've become accustomed to doing things "the HTML way" and assume
that's our only option.... (more)
Matt Woodward is Principal Information Technology Specialist with the Office of the Sergeant at Arms at the United States Senate. He was until recently a Web application developer for i2 Technologies in Dallas, Texas. A Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer and a member of Team Macromedia, he has been using ColdFusion since 1996. In addition to his ColdFusion work, Matt also develops in Java and PHP.
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