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Just a quick note, that I was impressed today to see that more than 500 downloads have been registered for ColdBox since I opened the project back in August. I am really grateful that this framework is having great response even in its infancy.

Thanks again for your support and please continue to support Open Source Projects.

Have a great X-Mas and a happy New Year. May God bless your coding brain cells and soon to be carpetunnel fingers.

After spending a very productive ColdBox weeked, here are some links that you will find interesting:

Milestone for 1.2.0 Matures

Milestone 1.2.0

FAQ Updated

FAQ

Announcing ColdBox Cache!!

This will make some users happy!! I am still on the planning and research phase, but putting a requirements for it, you can look at it here:

ColdBox Cache

Please read the initial ticket and send me your comments and suggestions about this new feature.

Last but not least, (Still tentative)

Event Handler Caching

The framework will give the ability to cache the handlers in memory (application scope). This would give the programmer the opportunity to decide if they want handler instantiations. This now opens a brand new door for the init method of every handler. You can now have instantiation code on them. (Please see the Event Handlers Guide

I have had some suggestions for the fwreinit flag to be protected in order to reinitialize the application at hand. What do you think? Is this overkill? The application reinitializes, but it does not crash. It just adds some extra cycles to the request in order to clear and reinit the app.

Please send me your comments, suggestions? Should an application reinit, be password protected?

Thanks,

Luis

I have been deliberating whether to open the SVN repo to anonymous access so people interested in the project can actually test new builds and ideas. Since the framework has been receiving an overwhelming response and my commitment to the project has been growing and brewing. I have decided to open SVN access to the repository. Below you will find the connection information.

CAUTION: checking out the latest builds, means using bleeding edge and probably not yet tested software, use with caution

On another note, I have been giving myself a break from the development process due to the fact of me starting new employment at ESRI. However, as I am getting into a routine now, you will start to see the development process going forward.

I forgot the access info (Ooops):

svn co http://ortus.svnrepository.com/svn/coldbox/coldbox/trunk --username nightlybuild

or via https://secure.svnrepository.com/s_lmajano/coldbox/coldbox/trunk --username nightlybuild

username: nightlybuild

pass: nightlybuild

Sorry,

Luis

I recently found some great comments about a user commenting on ColdBox, why it exists, why create it, etc. I found it enlightening because, not many people have used this yet, it is fairly new to the open source community and it is my job to write more about the nature of ColdBox and using a coldfusion framework. So to introduce the article I have to note that ColdBox is another tool for web application development. Just like mach-ii and model-glue. Some people want competition and which one is the best. I do not believe in that. I believe in cooperation and finding the best solution to a problem, no matter what. I even wish that all the framework authors can join and create a solution. (Anybody listening?? A standard??) So please understand, that object oriented approaches and enterprise level application architectures will be complex and you should study upon them. Here is my article:

I just created the ColdBox Google Groups Mailing List. You can use it for solving issues, bugs, discussions or anything you like. Also, if you forward any messages to [email protected] and it is a valid bug it will be started as a discussion also if need be.

Here is the info:

• Group name: ColdBox: A ColdFusion Framework
• Group home page

  http://groups-beta.google.com/group/coldbox

• Group email address

  [email protected]

I just realized that I got nominated to speak at the Frameworks Conference in DC in February. So if you really support ColdBox and would like a ColdBox 101 session for this conference, then go to the link below and vote for me.

http://www.frameworksconference.com/survey.cfm

Thanks again for your ColdBox support.

I have just updated my ColdBox RSS Reader in order for users to update their profile and request new passwords. So now you can change your password and update your email address. So please head over there:

ColdBox Reader

And update your profile or if you do not have a profile, then create one and start sharing your feeds.

By the way, it is running on ColdBox 1.1.0

Luis

Finally,

I have just updated the site to hold the latest release 1.1.0. This is a major upgrade thanks to all the feedback on the 1.0.2 version. It includes tons of fixes and more aspect programming. You can download it as usual from the projects sections

Download ColdBox

What is New?

Well, a lot!! JEJEJE. Here is some of the new features and capabilities.

• Varscoper Checks, Code Optimization and cleanup.
• Global Server Installation Method.
• CFMX 6.X & BlueDragon are now fully Supported.
• Datasources support via config.xml. You can now use the getDatasource("name") in the

  event handlers/plugins to retrieve a datsource bean.

• Mail Settings bean support. You can now use the getMailSettings() to retreive it.
• Messagebox.render(clearFlag) now has a clearFlag in order to clear or not, the message

  structure after rendering.

• Eventhandler.cfc code optimization, no longer need of writing an init method.

  PLEASE REMOVE THEM unless you have any code that needs to be executed every time

  an event is called. Look at:

  http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbEventHandlersGuide

• Renderview can now accept a view name as a parameter. You can then render a view

  anywhere you want, layouts, within views, event handlers, etc, and as content variables.

  renderView("myTags/main_menu")

• New Plugins: FileWriter & StringBuffer
• Framework/Application extensions via custom plugins, declared in config.xml.cfm
• Coldbox Logging Facilities: ColdBox now provides you with a per application

  logging facility for errors and custom (error|fatal|information|warning) entries by

  simplify filling out two settings in your config.xml and using the logger plugin.

• Event Handlers/Plugins now have a "rc" scope available, that is a direct line to the request collection.
• New Method: paramValue("var name","default") same as cfparam but for the request collection.
• cfcViewer plugin was revised. You can now use it to render documentation with any

  stylesheet.

• New i18n and Resource Bundles Plugins based on Paul Hastings work.
• ATTESORO JAVA RESOURCE BUNDLES UTILITY IS INCLUDED.
• New Method: getSettingStructure( structure, deep_copy_flag ) Retrieves the entire configStruct

  or the fwSettingsStructure.

• Mapping of Exception Types: http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi/wiki/cbExceptionsList
• Check out the latest API: http://www.coldboxframework.com/documents/cfdocs/index.cfm
• New Dashboard (Will be release later)
• Eclipse Snippets
• New sample applications: i18n Gallery, samples gallery, coldboxreader, Illidium CFC Generator

You can also check out the progress of the new ColdBox Dashboard which will be used to maintan a ColdBox installation, tool sets, logging and auditing for all your framework enabled applications, auto-updates and more.

Open Dashboard Here

The default password to use is "coldbox"

So welcome to a new era for ColdBox, where it will continue to move towards a pure event driven framework, based on proven design patterns and help you achieve more in less time and with no complex XML dialects. So give it a try. Post here all your comments, questions and suggestions.

The offical bug email is [email protected], or you can report them to the forums.

I won't be going this year to MAX, due to me starting a new job at ESRI the coming month. SO you won't be able to drill me with questions about ColdBox. However, Oscar Arevalo is on its way as the representative of Home Portals (www.homeportals.net) and ColdBox. He is part of the ColdBox team, so if you see him at the conference, ask him!! He has the latest copy of 1.1.0 preview, so if you are interested, you can bump a copy from him. Sorry Oscar!!

Anyways, enjoy the conference and looking forward to reading your reports.