Matthew Woodward

(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)

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 o... (more)

ColdFusion recently took a bit of a jump up to #19 on TIOBE Software's index of most popular programming languages (www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index). I hadn't looked at this index in a while but it's interesting to see what CF is both above and below, and it's also nice to se... (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 deve... (more)

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 ... (more)

Over the past couple of months I've been introducing you to some of the fantastic possibilities Macromedia Flex offers for building Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with ColdFusion ("Flex Your ColdFusion Muscles," CFDJ Vol. 6, issue 12 and "Data Presentation with Macromedia Flex... (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... (more)

Related Links: XSLT and ColdFusion: Whipping Your XML Data into Shape Hal Helms' CFUN-04 presentation reinforced my thoughts on the topic of OOP.  Relatively early on in his session he made the statement that "Not knowing OO in 2004 is quite simply career suicide," and as many of ... (more)

Related Links: Why Java? Moving Beyond Procedural Programming ColdFusion MX offers a simple and easy way to unleash the power of XSLT for manipulating your XML data. Here's how. From Web services to news and blog data feeds to configuration files, XML is everywhere these days. Fa... (more)