My company recently hired another developer. It was the first time I was involved in the hiring process. We hired a recent college graduate with no CFML experience and slight PHP. The grad did seem somewhat strong with HTML, SQL, and CSS. Javascript was slight and jQuery non-existant. I'll be doing...
I'll be traveling to Melbourne, Australia next week to give an "Introduction Into ColdFusion on Wheels" workshop and attend cfObjective (AUZ) . I would love at least one more person to register for the the CFWheels workshop so please consider it if you are in the Melbourne area. The workspace was...
I had an email come in and thought this would be useful for others promoting technical change. _I'd love everyone using Eclipse so we could take advantage of Mylyn, you seem to really push its powers, however, we have some here that are very stuck in their development ways, so it might not work. Do...
Recently, I was honored to be on the 2 Devs from Down Under podcast discussing an upcoming session for CFObjective ANZ titled "Task-Oriented Workflow With Adobe Flash & ColdFusion Builder". I edited down my discussion to just over 17 mins here. I was on a panel of 2 other speakers. If you wish to...
I did a quick 30 minute presentation over CFML open source options at Barcamp Omaha . I wasn't going to present this BarCamp but Ryan Stille egged me on so I had to run home to get my laptop :-) Thanks to Mathew Woodward for getting me slides from a previous presentation he gave. I was all over the...
With another outstanding CFObjective over, I would like to mention d2w is coming up in July. This conference will have familiar faces from CFObjective and CFUnited along with many others since this conference focuses on Workflow for Developers and Designers . Sessions are geared toward improving...
I have a friend who emailed me last night after downloading a public beta for Adobe's second generation of an IDE based on Eclipse which enables developers to rapidly build, deploy, and maintain robust Internet applications for the enterprise. He had two gripes: Key Assists and Auto-closing tags....
I downloaded an Adobe software package based on Eclipse for building web applications and installed it as standalone. The software package didn't contain a couple Eclipse tools I use for collaboration. This post will show how to add the latest Eclipse (Helios) update site and install Eclipse tools....
Jamie Krug had a great opening presentation on " Complete FOSS CFML Developer Stack " for the OpenCF Summit . FOSS stands for free and open-source software. Jamie used Ubuntu, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Apache, Tomcat, OpenBD / Railo , CFEclipse , and Git . He mentioned you could use any OS like Windows or...
I have a post " Turbo Charging Eclipse " and this is a follow up to show my current eclipse.ini file. I had someone recently mention my suggestions really improved their Eclipse experience. Warning: Before modifying your eclipse.ini be sure to back it up. The ini file is notoriously easy to mess up...
I use the Eclipse search and find capabilities quite a bit during the day. If you are using CFEclipse or CFBuilder the Eclipse basics should be the same. Eclipse documentation is a great resource and should be looked at when using CFBuilder or CFEclipse. I will talk about the differences between...
Can you find all the purple balls in the screenshot of Eclipse with a ColdFusion plugin? Those purple balls are Mylyn focus buttons. You may not have even noticed them in Eclipse before. Think of them as the Staple's Easy button . The purple balls will focus...
_"_ It isn't a question of whether you'll remember: it's a question of when you'll forget it" - Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master Here is my article " Mylyn – A Task-Oriented Approach to ColdFusion " released in Fusion Authority Quarterly Update last...
This week in ColdFusion and Github news: Github is asking for input from users using windows . It is a short survey. There is an online upcoming event July 13th, covering egit and Eclipse . This would also pertain to users of CFBuilder and CFEclipse naturally. Mr. Corfield mentions adopting a...
This post is so I can easily remember how to toggle white space in Eclipse. Since CFEclipse and ColdFusion Builder are the built on Eclipse, the shortcut should be the same. Ctrl+. is the magic combination.
MARC 0.4.5 (MySQL, Apache, Railo , and ColdFusion On Wheels ) Ubuntu 10.04 Eclipse 3.5 Improved ReadMe.html Blazing Fast Download with Amazon CloudFront Description The developer should be able to use Wheels without any setup/configuration except for the database. Start the virtual machine instance...
This past Sunday, I worked on updating MARC (MySQL, Apache, Railo , and ColdFusion On Wheels ). I haven't quite finished, but it will be using Ubuntu 10.04 and Eclipse 3.5 with the latest Wheels , CFEclipse , and Firefox. Available on my Wheels Download page is MARC 0.3, an older version. Also on...
MARC 0.3 (MySQL, Apache, Railo , and ColdFusion On Wheels ) smaller download 588.86 mb url rewriting Virtual Box Guest Additions readme.txt in the zip Description The developer should be able to use Wheels without any setup/configuration except for the database. Start the virtual machine instance...
I read Jason Dean's " The new Fusion Authority Quarterly Update is out " post and found out the latest FAQU was released. The FAQU is a well edited and researched ColdFusion publication. There is alot of free material/knowlegde available on the web but FAQU is worth the nominal subscription fee....
This is a 4 part series over Git and GitHub with Riaforge . So far we installed some software , registered for a free GitHub account, created a repository, and cloned it . Lets demonstrate the power of GitHub, anyone can make contributes to a project on GitHub. We will be using CWheels on GitHub to...
Here are the records of my presentation over Eclipse and ColdFusion. 07-23-09 - CFMeetup: Leveraging Eclipse for ColdFusion Development 07-14-09 - Leveraging Eclipse for ColdFusion Development (MDCFUG) We will cover Eclipse terms and using the Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment.)...
I am working on ciFusion , a Bolt Extension, for Continuous Improvement of ColdFusion Code. It seems Java and .Net have many tools for metrics and code analysis but ColdFusion is several years behind. I am hoping to leverage already existing Java tools since ColdFusion works so well with it....
This list is features I feel are very important for a ColdFusion IDE. 1. Mylyn Bridge I use Mylyn daily for work because it helps me multitask and track my time. Currently for ColdFusion files in CFEclipse , Mylyn is defaulted to a file view which is nice, but Bolt needs to have a bridge to get...
CFHour() released a new podcast, IDE Talk. They talk about ColdFusion IDEs (integrating development editor) covering Homesite, Dreamweaver, and Eclipse with Aptana and CFEclipse. Audio level was tremendously better than last time. Two points, I would like to clarify about Eclipse they mention. 1)...
Having problems with a corrupted Eclipse instance like line number not showing up or some other funky issue and you swear you have done all the correct steps to get it to work. Maybe starting with a fresh version of Eclipse is the best route. Most people think of restarting with a pristine version...
I heard today the "undo weirdness" in CFEclipse is due to the "Trim trailing spaces before saving" being turned on. This option checkbox is under Windows - Preferences - CFEclipse - Editor There have been several thread in the CFEclipse Google Group over this. If you haven't noticed this behavior,...
Here is a screencast of reverting a line or block or code with two-clicks I had some code I wrote, then had to undo the changes. As some of you may know CFEclipse sometimes throws an error and goofs up the undo making a mess of pound signs and coldfusion tags. I created this screencast from...
I attended my first ever BarCamp in Omaha. I met a lot of smart individuals using a variety of programming languages. Attendents were from Omaha, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and IA. If you haven't heard of a BarCamp, I hadn't either till last week. I attended sessions over Seaside , Prototype , Geeks...
Here is the link to the Eclipse/Mylyn Slides .
Summary: Mylyn has changed the way developers work. This talk provides both an overview of the technology and a series of demos that will help newcomers get started. For seasoned users, the demos provide some quick overviews of new features and best practices. http://live.eclipse.org/node/573 The...
I did a quick search for good examples of the Show Annotations feature in Eclipse but didn't find any so I figured I would post some. I also checked Eclipse's documentation and found none. The closest I came was a post by Jim Crumb Priest. Starting in the the Navigator View, I right-click on the...
Similar to Nic Tunney's Top 6 Underused ColdFusion Functions I figured I would post an Eclipse underused shortcuts for CFEclipse users. I think it was during a CFObjective presentation by Dan Wilson , I witnessed the copy down shortcut (ctrl-alt-down) and was impressed. I feel many CFEclipse...
After listening to a quality podcast from Hansel Minutes I have a better understanding of Open Source and how Eclipse's organization functions. With the recent chatter on OpenBD , Railo , and Adobe's CFML Language Advisory Committee , I would recommend listening to it. 91 Eclipse with Bjorn...
Picking the right Eclipse distribution for you Products based on Eclipse provide different features for varying needs Which Eclipse distribution is right for you? Commercial distributions (distros)based on Eclipse Europa offer different features and conveniences. Many commercial ones also offer...
I stumbed on EclipseCon 2008 presenations last night. The conference was March 17-20. Several are ColdFusion related if you are using Eclipse with Subversion, Mylyn, Debugging, Automation, or Agile. Here is a list of the presentations . If you want to download them all and sort later.
I changed my eclipse.ini file around after researching some jvm option settings. I primarily use CFEclipse, Mylyn, and Subclipse. I am not a jvm options expert, but I referenced several articles . Before modifying the eclipse.ini file please back it up. The ini file can be error prone with returns...
I will show how to setup FusionDebug on Windows for Multiple ColdFusion instances . And ColdFusion 8 Debugger on Ubuntu . A hint for both is turn off "timeout request after (seconds)" in the CF Administrator so your debugging info doesn't timeout. Within Eclipse, I use the Breakpoints, Debug,...
I was reading a thread on CFEclipse Users and had an idea. I am going to give Mark Drew some of my tax rebate. I guess the NPR fund raising this week has affected me. I'll try to catch him @ CF.Objective . Mark has done a great job with CFEclipse and I take it for granted. CF.Objective falls pretty...
I feel like I am in Battlestar Galactica when using Mylyn to work inside Eclipse. Task focused user interface is the future and the future is now. If you are using CFEclipse , you need to use Mylyn by creating local tasks. I have hooked in Trac and Subversion @ work but the neat thing with Mylyn is...
Eclipse Working Sets - Part I Abstract: In this installment, Peter Friese looks into how working sets can help you to unclutter your workspace. I haven't watched yet but will definately. I did a quick entry on Eclipse Working Sets recently.
You can now vote for ColdFusion support in DLTK . More info on Eclipse DLTK
I think the presentation went pretty well. I think there were 10 or so people present. Most had laptops since this was hands-on. I had some mouse issues with the presentation laptop but overcame that. This is a Eclipse/CFEclipse primer or 101 presentation.
Don't let PHP get a jump on us :-) Vote for structure bridges for CFEclipse and Mylyn Ticket I entered for requesting a connector bridge for CFEclipse and Mylyn. For more on Mylyn watch this . Seems very cool. I am currently work on introducing Trac @ work and Mylyn is a reason why. Besides (major...
With the help of Ryan Stille's, we'll be presenting Eclipse and CFEclipse for the Nebraska Coldfusion User Group on Febuary 26, 2008. More details on the NECFUG website. It is my first presentation in a long time, so it should be fun. I have been working on the presentation using Google Docs. I...
I came across an ACTIVELY developed ColdFusion Unit Testing Framework a couple weeks ago. MXUnit seems really well thought out and the guys behind it are really working hard on it. If you aren't fully invested in CFUnit or CFCUnit, it is worth checking out. MXUnit even has a working and easy to...
After a lot of trial and error tonight, I am able to start and stop my ColdFusion server from Eclipse. I am working with Ubuntu, CF8, and JRun along with Eclipse 3.3.1.1, your environment may need tweaking. Before I basically ran "sudo /opt/jrun4/bin/jrun start cfusion" in a terminal to start CF...
This entry is a quick review of Working Sets in Eclipse. I will show how to create a new working set and selecting/deselecting. Working sets help reduce the clutter. A working set groups resources for display in the Navigator view. I finally learned about working sets today while attending a 4 day...
I started to watch the first lesson of Using the Eclipse Workbench last night but got distracted with the CNN debate. I was about finished and the training seemed pretty good. I noticed the downloads include a swf for the tutorial which is nice if you are offline.
Did you know when committing in Subclipse, you can double click a resource listed and it shows a compare of your working copy and the repository's head version base revision? See snapshot below.
A couple weeks ago when writing the entry, UnEclipsing CFEclipse Line Numbers , I stumbled on a couple interesting settings in preferences to pimp my Eclipse EDI On the net is plenty of info for tweaking eclipse.ini file or adding variables to eclipse executable for performance but I hadn't seen...
Quick Eclipse and CFEclipse hint. The entry is mainly about turning on CFEclipse line numbers but useful for other hidden Eclipse preferences. In Eclipse, under Windows --> Preferences are many settings its hard to locate the one you are looking for. Eclipse actually has a built in search/filter....
This entry is quick review of built in Eclipse functionality not to be confused with CFEclipse or Aptana features, the Navigator view toolbar . I will show the Link With Editor , Go Into, Forward, Back, and Up buttons . I use the Link With Editor Button hundreds of times a day. It jumps the...
I tried using the ColdFusion 8 Debugger through Eclipse but kept getting an error message saying "Unable to contact the RDS Server 'localhost.'" Not to helpful :-) I am a big fan of Fusion Debug. My problem was two fold. 1. My web.xml file had RDS commented out in a couple spots. The file for me...
I have been following an interesting conversation on the CFEclipse user group, " File Explorer issues, again ". It started about the File Explorer view not working in CFEclipse (Mark Drew has released a fix ). Eclipse forces a project approach. Some people find the transition difficult. Dreamweaver...
I see Jim Priest wrote " Code ColdFusion applications fast with the Eclipse CFEclipse plug-in ". The article was released in IBM's developerWorks Open source section. Looks like a must read. I printed it off to take home :-)
Jim Priest found a cool Eclipse plugin to visualize ant targets and properites from yworks called Ant Explorer . I installed it and took a quick look. It seems interesting. Update Site URL: http://www.yworks.com/eclipse/update
I am the guy when watching a presentation, glances @ the presenter's taskbar to see what icons are in the panel. Or notes their IDE setup incase the perspective layout seems useful. I was hoping you will share your CFEclipse perspective layout with the CF community. So to start us out a larger...
I see RemoteSynthesis.com blogged about Using the Eclipse Web Services Explorer earlier but I stumbled on the Web Services Explorer this morning working with WSDL files. You will need to have Web Tools Platform (WTP) installed. It was a little confusing but once I figured it out it was pretty nice....