jSoup Error: Index Out Of Bounds For Length
Ben Nadel reproduces an error in jSoup and ColdFusion; and demonstrates how to get around it by using the .remove() method....
From: Ben Nadel
10/14/23, 3:47 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Solving failure in applying latest CF updates, or avoiding that failure
If you try to apply ColdFusion updates (including the latest released Oct 6) via the CF admin or command line and find that the update fails, the problem may be due to the JVM you're using (within CF or at the command line). There's a simple solution, which I discuss in this post. [More]
10/10/23, 3:17 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 147: Potluck
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about a variety of topics: Transactive Memory Systems theory, starting new things, ticketing systems, and becoming a force multiplier....
From: Ben Nadel
10/4/23, 2:30 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Understanding The TrimWhitespace() Function In Lucee CFML
Ben Nadel looks at the trimWhitespace() function in Lucee CFML; and, tries to distill the behavior down into a set of whitespace rules....
From: Ben Nadel
10/3/23, 2:03 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Generating A Table Of Contents Using jSoup And ColdFusion
Ben Nadel uses jSoup and ColdFusion to generate a table of contents from a flat HTML file....
From: Ben Nadel
10/2/23, 9:47 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Best Practices Are Best, Except When They're Not
A code-review of sorts where we go over some of the real-world situations when things just don't go the way the Stack Overflow Gods say they should. We'll look at the pros and cons of solutions in these situations and the lessons hopefully learned along the way.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/2/23, 3:23 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Mura ORM + Feed API = Awesomeness
Two of the most powerful features in Mura 7 are the improvements made to Mura ORM and the Feed API.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/2/23, 3:21 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Testing if a port can be reached, using built-in tools other than "good ol' telnet"
Have you ever wanted to test (from the command line) whether a port on another machine can be reached from yours? When some app of your can't seem to connect to a given port, you may want to test things from the command line.
10/1/23, 9:55 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
JavaScript 201
So you've learned the basics of JavaScript (and programming in general) – variables, if/else statements, loops, and you even know how to use functions.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/1/23, 12:56 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Writing a Mura Plugin With FW/1
You can literally write a Mura plugin using any flavor of ColdFusion you want (Model-Glue, spaghetti code, whatever).
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/1/23, 12:56 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
ColdSpring and DI/1 Comparison
DI/1 is gaining in popularity, ColdSpring 2 has been quasi-available for a while now too. But do newbies know what they are and when/why to use them? Let's do an intro to the concept of "dependency injection" and see how both ColdSpring and DI/1 handle this facet of development.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/1/23, 12:55 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
An Intro to Bootstrap 3
Bootstrap is a new CSS / JavaScript framework that (among other things) solves many common UI problems in web development.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/1/23, 12:54 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
9/30/23, 9:45 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Font Awesome - Never Build Icons Again
Tired of having to make "delete", "edit", "new", "save", "confirm", and "purchase" icons for your clients? In 3 different sizes (desktop, tablet, mobile)? And new versions for each color scheme you use? Enter Font Awesome! Font Awesom...
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/30/23, 9:44 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
HTML5 201
By now we're all familiar with the basics of HTML5 -- new tags for sections of a web page, new form elements, and so on.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/30/23, 9:43 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Dependency Injection, why is it awesome and why should I care?
Dependency Injection is a very common pattern used in modern web development.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/30/23, 9:42 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Crash Course in Ionic + AngularJS
Ionic is a great tool for building hybrid mobile apps and AngularJS is a great JavaScript framework that plays very nicely with Ionic.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/30/23, 9:38 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Modularity Shoot-Out: CFInclude vs CFModule vs Custom Tags vs CFFunction
Object Oriented Programming with CFComponents is definitely the direction most development is headed. But before jumping into OO territory, there is still a lot of modularity and code re-use that can be done with just a few tags - CFInclude, CFModule, Custom Tags and CFFunction.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/30/23, 9:30 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Transactive Memory Systems Theory And Engineering Team Mentality
Ben Nadel considers Transactive Memory Systems Theory in the context of engineering teams. And, how embracing the idea can make teams more effective....
From: Ben Nadel
9/28/23, 4:19 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
9/28/23, 5:00 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee