A Bit Of Optimism: This Might Not Work

Ben Nadel shares an inspiring bit of discussion between Simon Sinek and Seth Godin on embracing failure in order to express love....

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Trying To Get ChatGPT 4 To Solve My Hotwire Form Submission Problem

Ben Nadel tries to get ChatGPT to solve a problem that he is having with Hotwire form submissions....

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Disabling Turbo Drive In A Subdirectory Of Your ColdFusion Application

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to disable Hotwire Turbo Drive on all links that point to a given subdirectory within a ColdFusion application....

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Russian Doll Content Wrapping With CFSaveContent In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use Russian Doll content nesting with the CFSaveContent tag to compose data in ColdFusion....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 119: Potluck

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about a variety of topics from independent consulting to technical debt to common sense to Bloom filters....

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Incrementally Applying Hotwire To An Existing ColdFusion Application

Ben Nadel describes a plan for incrementally applying Hotwire (Turbo, Stimulus) to an existing ColdFusion application....

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I've Never Had A Good Story For View-Rendering Helpers In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel explores a way to package common view-rendering methods in a ColdFusion component....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 118: Things We Should Be Doing

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about all the things they should be doing; but, which they can't quite motivate to get done....

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Using Nested Stimulus Controllers With Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel looks at several ways to communicate between nested Stimulus controllers in a Hotwire and ColdFusion application....

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Using "return" To Short-Circuit A CFML Template In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates that the CFReturn tag can be used to short-circuit the execution of a CFML template. This works in both Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee CFML....

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Rendering A Fly-Out Form Panel Using Turbo Frames With Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to transclude a form into a fly-out panel using Hotwire and ColdFusion....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 117: Champions Of Truth

Ben Nadel and the crew recap their Two Truths and a Lie choices and crown a single champion of truth from our listeners....

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Styling Submit Buttons During Form Submission With Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to alter a submit button's appearance and text content using the "data-turbo-submits-with" in Hotwire and ColdFusion....

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Rendering A Persistent Dismissible Banner Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to create a persistent dismissible site-wide banner in a Hotwire enhanced ColdFusion application....

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Dynamically Adding Stimulus Controllers To Static Content Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates that Stimulus controllers can be dynamically applied to static content served up by a ColdFusion server....

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The User Experience (UX) Of Disabled Form Buttons

Ben Nadel discusses the user experience (UX) of disabled form buttons; and why it's a violation of the Robustness Principle....

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Transcluding A Form Into A Turbo Frame Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates one way to handle post-submission redirects when transcluding a form into another page. This uses Turbo Streams to "visit" multiple content areas of parent page....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 116: State Of Developer Conferences

Ben Nadel and the crew talk to Brian Rinaldi about the state of developer conferences; and, why post-pandemic attendance appears to be struggling both online and in real life....

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Creating Custom Turbo Stream Actions In Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to create a custom Turbo Stream action that can provide ColdFusion with ways to update the user experience....

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Async Communication Is Great, Except For When It's Awful

Ben Nadel breaks down different types of asynchronous communication; and why one form - consensus building - is awful and should be avoided....

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