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Well ladies and gentleman, another beta build is ready for usage. This beta is stabler than ever and introducing the pre/post handler features. The naming conventions have been re-done and slowly but surely the documentation keeps getting updated. Every day new content is placed in the wiki and will be finalized soon. So please keep checking the documentation.

Another neat feature is that a google search has been added to the www.coldboxframework.com site, so you can search all the documentation. This has also been added to the www.luismajano.com site.

Again, enjoy this build, I expect your comments and suggestions. The final build is almost there.

The binaries can be found by clicking here.

Thanks again,

Proverbs 10:31-32:

31 The mouth of the righteous (those harmonious with God) brings forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down (as a barren and rotten tree).

32 The lips of the (uncompromisingly) righteous know (and therefore utter) what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows (and therefore speaks only) what is obstinately willful and contrary.

God Bless

Luis Majano

You can now have the full framework documentation search right on your browser. Head over to www.coldboxframework.com to get the OpenSearch Plugin. With this tool you will be able to search all of the framework's documentation right off your browser. Pretty nifty hugh!!

Well, enjoy and thanks again.

God Bless

UPDATED: The download had a wrong URL. You can try to install it now. This only works for ie7 and firefox.

I am finalizing the latest beta for 2.0 and it will be available this week. One new feature that will be available is the addition of pre/post event handlers for a requested event.

What does this mean? Well, once an event is requested to the framework, let's say its "ehTools.dspTree". Then the framework will execute the dspTree method in the ehTools event handler.

Now, you can declare two new methods in the ehTools event handler: 1) preHandler 2)postHandler

Inside of those two new methods you will place any logic that will be executed before/after any requested event in that event handler cfc. This is a great way to implicitly run events before and after a requested event. You can even filter the type of logic you would like to execute inside of these methods by looking into the context object and seeing the event that was executed.

This is a great addition to the framework and I expect your comments on this addition. You can find the ticket

Read it and let me know your thoughts

Well, as promised, more documentation is now available to support the upcoming 2.0.0 release. Here is a breakdown of the updated guides:

• Coldbox Overview Guide
• Coldbox Features & Capabilities
• Coldbox System Requirements
• Coldbox FAQ
• Coldbox Compatibility Guide for 2.0.0
• Coldbox Install Guide
• Coldbox Settings Guide
• Coldbox Config.xml Guide
• Coldbox URL Actions Guide

Here is a listing of new guides:

• Coldbox Caching Guide (In progress)
• Caching Objects Example (completed)

Click here to go to the trac site and read these guides.

More will be updated soon, so please be patient and keep enjoying the 2.0.0 beta.

I think that a standard is arising on the way a method is injected with a request bus. My naming was requestContext and I believe mach-ii and fusebox use both event. I think it would be benefitial for developers for me to change this to event. What are your thoughts on this?

This would help if a developer wants to switch from one framework to another or doing a transition, if some of the similar elements shared in an MVC framework can remain the same.

I am for changing it to event, but I would like to know you opinions?

I just realized that I had changed some of the files for the 1.1.0 download, and all were downloading zero byte downloads.

I apologize for the inconvenience. The downloads are back online.

Due to the significant enhancements on ColdBox, the 1.2.0 release now becomes 2.0.0. Why?

Well, almost all of my planning for a major release have been done so that is why. I am migrating everything for this and I apologize for the confusions, but this release is deservant of its own version.

You can read more on this release at the Trac Site

Another important change with this release is a license change. I have moved the framework to an Apache 2 License. This is to facilitate organizations who would like to build on top of ColdBox. This will be a less constrictive license for users and better for the developers and organizations who use ColdBox.

Apart from the license duties, you must leave the copyright notices intact in the source code. A visible powered by coldbox logo or text is optional, and not mandatory. Also, please note that work on this project is of my free-will, so your donations go a long way to maintain this project alive. So you can Donate via paypal.

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Thanks again for your support and stay tuned as more will be revealed in the following days as the launch of 2.0.0 gets near.

I have just updated the install guide for Coldbox in which I define some alternate installation methods. I know not everybody has the same server setups and people need options. So I have written a very detailed guide on how to alter the files in order to accomodate different server installs. If you find a mistake in the process or you have found an alternate way of installation, please let me know. I will be very interested in it and I will pay you in "Monopoly Cash"

I hope this gives developers and system administrators and project managers a more relaxed approach to installing a software foundation like coldbox.

If you have any comments on this, you know where the comments button is.

Thanks.

I just updated the forums to include the latest beta build of ColdBox 1.2.0 - Build 446. So please

Click Here To Get It

All the know issues for the previous build have been resolved and more extra features have been added. The documentation has been rolling along and I have updated a major part of the Trac wiki. I will be updating a special guide on caching. Since the ColdBox cache is now prime-time!!

To find out all the fixes and updates on this version look at the Mileston Information at the Trac site.

This will be the last beta before the 1.2.0 launch, so your comments and suggestions are more than welcomed.

This is a question for you to answer. ColdBox supports the mode of being in debug mode or not. It does so, by placing a cookie on your browser so you can see the debugging panel only with that cookie set. The question is, how long should that cookie live? What should the expiration time be?

Any suggestions?