Using CFLoop To Iterate Over A File Line-By-Line In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to read a text file line-by-line using CFLoop in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
8/31/23, 2:00 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Using Feature Flags To Hack Your Own Psychology
Ben Nadel discusses the psychological benefits of using feature flags as a way to provide landmarks and a sense of continual progress....
From: Ben Nadel
8/30/23, 3:21 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 142: Tangents All The Way Down
Ben Nadel and the crew talk all manner of randomness from vendoring files to the trap of innovation....
From: Ben Nadel
8/30/23, 2:18 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Technical Details for CVE-2023-29301: Adobe ColdFusion Access Control Bypass for a CFAdmin Authentication Component
BackgroundIn this post I'll be walking though CVE-2023-29301, which is an access control bypass / password brute force vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion that I reported to Adobe and was fixed on July 11, 2023 in Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB23-40.
8/30/23, 11:09 AM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Wireframing For Everyone By Michael Angeles, Leon Barnard, And Billy Carlson
Ben Nadel reviews Wireframing For Everyone, an A Book Apart release by Michael Angeles, Leon Barnard, and Billy Carlson. An excellent read, this book is a value-add for anyone involved in software design and development....
From: Ben Nadel
8/27/23, 3:37 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
Working Code Podcast - Episode 141: Building Stuff So You Can Build Stuff
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about "dog fooding", and the importance of becoming our own customers when building a product offering....
From: Ben Nadel
8/23/23, 2:46 PM
Coldfusion/Lucee
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