Using AttributeCollection To Manage Locking In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use attributeCollection to manage locking in ColdFusion....

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Highlighting Dynamic Parts Of A Pretty-Printed JSON Value In JavaScript

Ben Nadel demonstrates how he highlighted the dynamic parts of a pretty-printed JSON value in JavaScript....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 187: Viability Of The Minimum Viable Product

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the viability of the Minimum Viable Product; and whether solopreneurship is still possible in the web application industry....

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Getting A Struct Key In Its Native Key-Casing In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to access the internal key-casing of a struct key in ColdFusion....

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OWASP Java Encoder Project Recommends Using Both URL and Attribute Encoding For HREF Attributes

Ben Nadel looks at the OWASP Java Encoder project's recommendation to double-encode dynamic URLs in an HREF context....

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Normalizing Collection Entries In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel creates a user defined function, toEntries(), for normalizing collection iteration in ColdFusion....

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Sorting Arrays With Priority Elements In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to sort an array with a subset of priority items in ColdFusion....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 186: Work Insecurities

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the insecurities that they feel at work regardless of how much value they create for their companies....

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Creating A ColdFusion-Oriented HashCode With Loose Types (Part 2)

Ben Nadel updates his FusionCode algorithm to allow for key-casing and type-coercion settings to be configurable in ColdFusion....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 185: A/B Testing Mechanics

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the mechanics of A/B testing; and, how it might be incrementally added to a bulk email system....

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Extracting Illegal Tag Names From AntiSamy Error Messages In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to extract illegal tag names from the OWASP AntiSamy HTML sanitization error messages in ColdFusion....

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Creating A ColdFusion-Oriented HashCode With Loose Types

Ben Nadel creates a FusionCode algorithm which is a ColdFusion-oriented version of Java's HashCode concept....

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Using An Ordered Struct As A Fixed-Size Cache In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to build a simple, fixed-size cache using an ordered struct in ColdFusion....

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Encapsulating Serialization Logic In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to encapsulate JSON serialization logic in ColdFusion when data needs to be manipulated as part of the serialization workflow....

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Adobe ColdFusion Parses JSON Into Non-Ordered Structs

Ben Nadel demonstrates that Adobe ColdFusion's implementation of deserializeJson() loses key-order....

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Two Spread Operator Bugs In Adobe ColdFusion 2023

Ben Nadel demonstrates two spread operator bugs in Adobe ColdFusion 2021 and 2023....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 184: Code Comments For The Win

Ben Nadel and the crew talk the value add (and the value detraction) of putting comments in code....

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Working Code Podcast - Episode 183: Carol's New Project

Ben Nadel and the crew talk to Carol about her idea for a small piece of software; and, how to break ground without getting overwhelmed....

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Core Decision Functions Will Accept Null / Undefined Values In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates that core decision functions, such as isSimpleValue() and isStruct() can accept null / undefined arguments in ColdFusion....

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