Using Position: Sticky With Multi-Sided Anchoring In CSS
Ben Nadel demonstrates that position: sticky can be anchored on multiple sides at once in CSS....
From: Ben Nadel
8/23/23, 2:11 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
ColdFusion updates for CF2023 and CF2021 released Aug 17 2023: resources and thoughts
Adobe has released today an important security update for each of ColdFusion 2023 and 2021.
8/18/23, 2:55 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 140: Fraud, What Is It Good For?
Ben Nadel and the crew talk detecting, preventing, and dealing with the aftermath of fraud within our web applications....
From: Ben Nadel
8/16/23, 2:19 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Error "Type" Isn't Always A String In Adobe ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates that the error "type" in Adobe ColdFusion isn't always a String....
From: Ben Nadel
8/13/23, 1:10 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Sanity Check: Using Overflow Scrolling On CSS Flexbox Panels
Ben Nadel demonstrates that CSS Flexbox panels with overflow:auto work exactly as he hoped they would work....
From: Ben Nadel
8/10/23, 2:04 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 139: New Tables vs New Columns
Ben Nadel and the crew talk database schema design; and how many, smaller tables might be beneficial when compared to fewer, wider tables....
From: Ben Nadel
8/9/23, 2:28 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
My ColdFusion "Controller" Layer Is Just A Bunch Of Switch Statements And CFIncludes
Ben Nadel demonstrates how he can create a robust and resilient routing / controller layer using nested CFSwitch and CFInclude tags in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
8/2/23, 3:19 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 138: Ben Goes Streaking!
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about tracking activity streak data in Dig Deep Fitness; and, how to deal with an individual user's timezone....
From: Ben Nadel
8/2/23, 2:29 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Layla Porter On Modular Monolith Boundaries
Ben Nadel learns from Layla Porter that his assumptions about a "modular monolith" were completely wrong. Dangerously wrong....
From: Ben Nadel
8/1/23, 3:17 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
8/1/23, 1:36 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
FusionReactor 10.0.2 update released Jul 19 2023: resources and thoughts
If you're using FusionReactor, note that a 10.
7/31/23, 8:20 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Auto-Saving Form Data In The Background Using The fetch() API
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to auto-save form data in the background using the fetch() API with the FormData() object....
From: Ben Nadel
7/31/23, 1:58 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
My meta resource page about updating CF, the Java underlying it, the wsconfig, and more
With all the recent updates to CF (and the ongoing need to keep up and related things up-to-date), I wanted to share some news: I've long had on my site a meta resource page regarding keeping ColdFusion updated, where I offered both links and tips related to updating CF as well as the JVM underlying...
7/30/23, 8:39 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
MySQL 8.0.13 Can Use An Existing Column As The DEFAULT Value For A New Column
Ben Nadel demonstrates that MySQL 8.0.13 ALTER statements allow a new column to default to the value of an existing column....
From: Ben Nadel
7/29/23, 2:20 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Considering UTC And Recording Activity Streak Data In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel considers how to handle date/time values in ColdFusion when recording activity streak / behavioral streak data....
From: Ben Nadel
7/26/23, 2:56 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 137: The Grug Brained Developer
Ben Nadel and the crew have fun reading and reviewing "The Grug Brained Developer", a humorous look at software development foibles....
From: Ben Nadel
7/26/23, 2:17 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Delighted to be speaking again at Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2023
I'm delighted to announce that I've been selected to speak again (for the 11th straight year) at the upcoming Adobe CF Summit conference, to be held in Las Vegas October 2-3.
7/25/23, 1:35 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
cfscript cf*() functions are Custom Tags
I found an interesting discussion between the community and Adobe today regarding early cfscript functionality for tags.
From: Chris Tierney
7/24/23, 4:31 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Problem downloading and installing CF updates via the CF Admin after Jul 2023 JVM update
Beware: if you update ColdFusion to use the latest JVM updates (released July 18, 2023), you will find that you can no longer use the CF Administrator to download CF updates.
7/21/23, 5:00 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
A third Priority 1 CF security update has been released, Jul 19 2023
Just days after two P1 CF security updates were released on Jul 11 and 14, Adobe has released yet another on Jul 19.
7/19/23, 4:06 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee