Delving into Coldfusion, jQuery, HTML5 and Linux

I’ve been wondering if I should be using Try / Catch for more readable code. My biggest worry is of course efficient. Found this concise test on JSFiddle. http://jsfiddle.net/jonjenkins/adJQn/

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§270 · December 7, 2011 · Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


I love dark themes and really wisth CFEclipse installed with one standard. Found this great post from Craig Kaminsky on easily installing pre-made theme files. Check it out. http://craigkaminsky.me/cfeclipse-themerations

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§122 · June 27, 2011 · Coldfusion, Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


Guess what? It doesn’t exist. You are so foo bar! The work around is to use: include “mycfsettinginclude.cfm”; In that file just add one line, your cfsetting tag.  It’s hacktastic but it works. Oh, and don’t forget to bitch to Adobe about this oversight. sheesh!

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§123 · June 24, 2011 · Coldfusion, Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags: ,


When working with cfdirectory or DirectoryList you can pass in multiple filters like this “*.png|*.jpg”. Pretty simple and the pipe is easy to remember. When using cffileupload though, you have to separate your filters using a comma. e.g. “.png,.jpg” This sucks if you’re trying to store a single filter and use it in two places. [...]

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§126 · June 7, 2011 · Coldfusion, Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags:


You can pass a structure to your methods using this: myFunc(argumentCollection=myStruct);

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§127 · May 6, 2011 · Coldfusion, Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags: