Rendering Elements After The HEAD Tag In JavaScript

Ben Nadel demonstrates that elements can be rendered after the Head tag (and before the Body tag) when injected using JavaScript....

From: Ben Nadel

Updating Permanent Elements On Page Navigation In Hotwire Turbo And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel demonstrates one way to update persistent Turbo Drive elements using Stimulus in Hotire and Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

Parsing File Paths As Slash-Delimited Lists In MySQL

Ben Nadel looks at parsing strings as delimited lists in MySQL. Specifically, treating a file path as a dash-delimited list of segments....

From: Ben Nadel

Thrilled to be speaking at Adobe CF Summit East, Apr 6

I'm thrilled to announce that I've been asked to present again at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2023, a free one-day conference being held in Washington DC on Apr 6, at the Marriott Marquis.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Working Code Podcast - Episode 114: Carol Got Laid Off

Ben Nadel and the crew talk to our very own Carol Weiler about being part of her former company's reduction in force (ie, Carol gets laid off)....

From: Ben Nadel

Purchasing Adobe ColdFusion

Are you in the market or considering purchasing Adobe ColdFusion’s full or upgrade license? While you always have the option of going straight to Adobe, I recommend purchasing through a reseller.

From: Chris Tierney

Using Stimulus To Preload Links On Hover In Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel explores the use of Stimulus to delay preloading of links until a user hovers over a link in Hotwire and Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

Defer Loading Using Permanent Turbo Frames In Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel explores the use of permanent Turbo Frames to defer loading without a degraded visual experience in Hotwire and Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

Extending The Current Request Timeout In ColdFusion / CFML

Ben Nadel looks at how to extend the current request timeout using both Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

Exploring Turbo Drive Back-Button Caching Behavior In Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel explores the interplay between the Hotwire Turbo Drive page cache and the browser's back button in Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

Exploring The Turbo Drive Navigation Progress Bar In Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel takes a quick look at the progress bar in Hotwire Turbo Drive, which will automatically show on slow-loading ColdFusion pages....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 113: Surviving A Layoff

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the recent wave of layoffs in the tech world; and what you can do to become more resilient....

From: Ben Nadel

Rendering A Local TimeStamp With Stimulus Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel starts to explore Stimulus, rendering a UTC millisecond value in the user local timezone using Hotwire and Lucee CFML....

From: Ben Nadel

A prototype is not a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a term that I hear used a lot, and the concept seems pretty simple. Yet it is too frequently misused in place of prototype by junior developers and non developers (management).

From: Steve Neiland: Blog of a Web Developer

FusionReactor 9.2.1 update released

If you're using FusionReactor, note that a new 9.2.1 update was released last week, Jan 31, with a couple of bug fixes--including one where you may need to add a JVM arg to prevent an error, in a certain case as I will discuss. For more, read on. [More]

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

New URL for signing up to the CFML Slack: cfml-slack.net

TLDR; the URL for joining the CFML Slack workspace and channels has changed.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Dynamically Updating Views With Turbo Streams Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel explores the use of Turbo Streams to dynamically update views in a Hotwire and ColdFusion application....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 112: Listener Questions

Ben Nadel and the crew respond to listener questions ranging from alternate realities to dead body disposal....

From: Ben Nadel

A Simple Slide Show Using Hotwire And Lucee CFML

Ben Nadel builds a simple slide show with Hotwire Turbo Drive and Lucee CFML. This defers all dynamic rendering to the ColdFusion server....

From: Ben Nadel

Senior Developers vs Master Developers

We need to do away with the term senior developer in the software industry. Here is why I propose we start using the term Master Developer.

From: Steve Neiland: Blog of a Web Developer