I want to listen to the ColdFusion Weekly podcast, but…

I’m sorry to say, but I just can’t stand Matt Woodward’s voice on the podcast! I feel horrible saying that, but damn… his voice is so jarring compared to everyone else on the podcast. Like a chainsaw amongst regular, smooth voices.

Ugh! I want to listen to the podcast, but he needs to take [...]

Regular Expression to Check for Minutes:Seconds (XX:XX) Format

I wish I knew more about Regular Expressions. I’m slowly learning and discovering how frickin’ all mighty and powerful they are. Here’s an example.

I have a field in my app where I need to make sure that users enter a time-like format, but not an actual time. I want them to enter how [...]

Need a ColdFusion IsTime() Function? Just use IsDate()!

This is very old news, but I think it still generates a lot of questions and searching from ColdFusion developers. There is no literal IsTime() or IsTimeFormat() function in ColdFusion in order to check whether or not a value is formatted properly as a time.

When a developer needs this functionality, they will often [...]

Problems Uninstalling ColdFusion MX 7

I have just finished uninstalling ColdFusion MX 7 on a second computer.  And I’ve just had it fail completely for a second time.

1) Attempt #1: Home computer with XP Pro, CFMX7 Dev Multi-Server edition on JRun, Apache

How do I uninstall ColdFusion MX 7?  What would Brian Boitano do?

Look within Program group [...]

Thanks for the Intro, Ben

Well, Ben Forta was gracious enough to stop by our ColdFusion users group (CFUGitives.com) last night to provide a wonderful overview of the new ColdFusion release, code named Scorpio.  This morning, we found a couple of these on telephone polls around town, so something crazy must have happened after the meeting.

(just kidding, we [...]

What Would Ben Forta Do?

Come find out for yourself!

Ben Forta will be telling us all about the new release of ColdFusion (codename Scorpio), and how friggin’ awesome it will be.  If you live anywhere near southern Connecticut, you are welcome to come by!  Here are the details:

Ben Forta introduces Scorpio: ColdFusion MX 8

May [...]

Win a copy of ColdFusion 8 Scorpio!

We all know that ColdFusion 8: Scorpio is coming out soon.  Is it really as great as we are being led to believe?  Or is it all hype?  Personally I’m reserving judgement until I hear it directly from the mouth of Ben.  “But Steve” you say, “are you expecting Ben Forta to rush over [...]

ColdFusion, Antiquated Community: The Response

I received a number of powerful comments to my momentary rant (below) about the lack of mature apps within the ColdFusion community.  Many of them made valid, though expected counter arguments.  And quite a few of them extended on ideas that were hinted at… but not the main intention of my post.

1) Regarding [...]

ColdFusion Community Remains Antiquated

I wish I was a PHP developer.  The ColdFusion community is just so antiquated.  I suppose it’s because the community is so small.  Or maybe it’s because most CF developers aren’t in it as a hobby or an interest outside of work.  I’m currently frustrated because everything is just so… old.

I’ve been trying [...]

AJAX Micro Survey Tool

Over the last few weeks at work we have been designing a small visual tool to help our users understand their current status within our website health program.  We are designing this widget in a box, not really knowing if the user will find it useful or not.  This caused me to wonder over [...]