ColdBox persisting form variables to database with ORM

I had a user ping me and ask for some examples on how to do this, so I thought I would give a very quick blog post on how easy it is with ColdBox.

Coupled with a previous post that I did on validation, it makes it rather easy all round.

ColdBox, ORM made easy

ColdBox has the ability to leverage of the ORM side of ColdFusion, and also has a few others like Transfer and reactor built into it. I am going to focus on using the ORM side of ColdFusion 9, and demonstrate how easy it is to use in ColdBox.

Installing ColdFusion 8 on ColdFusion 9 Multi Server instance with IIS Connection

I wanted to quickly talk about a problem I ran into with installing ColdFusion 8, as a new instance running under ColdFusion 9 as the underlying application install and using the JRun connector to connect this to an IIS website.

ColdFusion ColdBox and form validation

Today I want to quickly talk about doing form validation in ColdBox, this isn't really anything new to ColdBox but it isn't really documented at the moment either. For those who don't know or are not aware of it, ColdBox actually has HyRule as part of its tools line up that is built right into ColdBox.

So how easy is this validation, pure and simple it couldn't get any easier.

How to handle ColdFusion session time outs with Ajax calls and ExtJS

I have been working on a ColdBox application for a few months now, which has a lot of Ajax calls when a user is signed in. The one thing that I have not really handled, is how do I tell the browser that the users session has timed out.

ExtJS can make this very easy, and the code that I am showing will work in both ExtJS and ExtJS Core.

ColdFusion - ExtJS and jQuery syntax comparison

In a previous post I talked about how there isn't much of a difference between ExtJS Core and jQuery, and today I am going to go through some of the syntax used for doing some DOM work in both.

Before I go and discuss this I would like to also point out one thing, only because I am not sure people are actually aware that ExtJS Core is a completely separate package to ExtJS. As with jQuery it is also very free to use in your applications.

ColdFusion - do I use extJS or jQuery

There is a lot of support on both sides to this argument, and one that really at the end of the day comes down to user preference. One of the myths that does surround extJS is that it has a huge footprint and is bloated, this is not true and in fact ExtJS Core is not that much bigger than jQuery.

The decision to use either is really down to personal preference and the support that each of these products do offer, as well as what type of application you are looking at developing.

if you are looking at just doing simple DOM manipulation then both have their strengths, and are of around the same footprint in terms of size. Personally I think ExtJS also offers a lot more out of the box and which can attribute to its slighter higher file size difference.

So what is best for me in terms of development.