http://www.webapper.net/enclosures/Flex-Builder-Project-Setup-in-a-CFEclipse-and-Subversion-Environment/ I am first and foremost, a ColdFusion developer. And I’m a little idiocyncratic as to how I organize my projects in directories and files. My “project root” is not web-accessible, but usually contains ALL the project assets, including CFCs, CFMs, etc. I got really annoyed that Flex Builder put everything in my workspace when creating a [...]

We find people placing Windows servers “naked” on the Internet with frightening regularity. Without any sort of firewall or packet filtering protection, these machines make very easy targets for hackers. Even if you have a firewall, adding host-based packet filtering adds an additional layer of protection, though in that case you’ll have to decide for yourself if the [...]

I’m now packing my bags, and making sure I haven’t forgotten anything. I’ll be representing Webapper at both 360Flex and Apollo Camp. I’ll be imbibing as much Flex and Apollo knowledge as possible, and am looking forward to meeting many of you I’ve been talking with on the mailing lists for the past year. I’m also [...]

I was contacted directly this week by a new customer who was looking for assistance with a ColdFusion MX installation and configuration. More specifically, the customer was experiencing difficulties while trying to install ColdFusion MX with Apache web server on a Windows development box. The customer indicated that he had successfully installed Apache [...]

A blog entry at: http://www.coldfusionmuse.com/index.cfm/2005/6/10/sqlInterbase reminded me of how people don’t fully understand the multithreaded nature of ColdFusion with respect to databases when looking for the next ID value for a table. People quite often do something like this in a page: ::CODECOLORER_BLOCK_2:: However, this will give you duplicate IDs when two pages run concurrently. For example, request A [...]