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In preparation for the 1.1.0 release of ColdBox, I am writing documentation like crazy so I can help developers understand more on how to use this framework. I have just finished all of the Guides and a new section which actually lists all the thrown exceptions by the framework.

You can take a look at the list here:

Exceptions List

Guides:

Guides

FAQ

FAQ

So please check out the Trac wiki for all the updated documentation and all the features that will be on 1.1.0. Again, if you have any questions on why use the framework, differences, or your experience with ColdBox, please post it in the comments. All your questions please, so I can add them to the FAQ.

If you have any good articles about your experience with ColdBox, please send them to me, so I can add them to the Articles section of the wiki.

If you have no idea what ColdBox is? Well please READ!!!

If you also have some public projects that you want to showcase, please send me the URL, so I can post them in the wiki section for it.

Thanks again for your support.

I have deployed the latest build of the 1.1.0 release to my website and now providing the backbone for this blog, the forums, and ColdBox Reader.

This post is to showcase ColdBox Reader. It is a web 2.0 application built using ColdBox and Ajax interactions. You can start checking it out here:

ColdBox Reader

This is a shared rss reader that will captivate your mind. Here is a screenshot of the application:

So please check it out and see how ColdBox can work for you. More updates are coming, so stay posted.

I am just announcing that I bought www.coldboxframework.com and www.coldboxframework.org. and they will soon begin to show some life. I also have prepared my new Trac site hosted by SVN Repository which is truly awesome.

Soon I will be releasing the read only access to the SVN repository and let people play around with the upcoming 1.1.0 release. (More on this below)

The new address for the Trac site is: http://ortus.svnrepository.com/coldbox/trac.cgi

So what will the 1.1.0 release include? Why use it? why why why? Well, I have been taking all the feedback from the previous releases, tested, tested, and more tested, and came up with a leaner and meaner framework. All thanks to the great feedback for a framework that has been released to the public not so long ago, but been used privately for more than a year now.

The main question that people had asked about the framework is why should you use it and what is the difference with what is out there already: Fusebox, mach-ii, model-glue, etc. Well here are some answers for you that will shed light on the subject and prepare you for what is coming along.

I just fixed a bug concerning the BugReport.cfm in the includes directory while I am working on full BlueDragon support for ColdBox.

You can view the bug report and download the fix from the following url:

http://trac.luismajano.com/coldbox/ticket/44

It is a simple bug of missing parenthesis.

Blue Dragon Support

I am almost done with all the features except one, and wanted to give a shout for anybody who might direct me accordingly.

I have a utility that uses the coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy java class to inspect cfc metadata. However, this class does not exist in Blue Dragon. Does anybody know the equivalent of this class in BlueDragon or if its even supported. I am testing under BlueDragon 6.2.1

Please let me know if you know about this issue.

Thanks.

Support for ColdFusion 6.X will be on the next revision 1.0.3 plus other great features that you can check out here. 6.X has some issues that were shown into light by Aaron Conran.

You can download the zip in this post that contains a new settings.cfc, XMLParser.cfc, and Application.cfm. Just replace them in your system folder and also use the Application.cfm as a template for your applications, including the samples gallery.

Another drawback is that the Dashboard is only supported on CFMX 7.0 and above. If you can make it work for cfmx 6.X, then let me know.

Issues with 6.X click on them to view them.

Yesterday, we went over the initial steps on the config.xml, click here to read it. We went over the Settings element and all the configurations that ColdBox can do for you. Today we continue on reviewing the rest of the elements in this config file.

This is the full config.xml file:

xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.luismajano.com/projects/coldbox/schema/config.xsd">

mail.server.com

myusername

mypassword

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

dev

localhost

mydev

Layout.Main.cfm

vwEmails

vwPhones

vwContactBook

includes/main

en_US

session

On my last post, Sami Hoda, pointed out the following:

How about an architectural comparison between Coldbox and other frameworks to give existing frameworks people perspective?

And I think it is a great idea to give reference on what ColdBox can do and how does it compare to other frameworks. However, I do need some help from you (Developers) to post exactly what you want to compare. I can ramble and ramble, but I would prefer to get a listing of what exactly needs comparison. So please post all your questions about this framework and I will start gathering the answers and posting them. Please try to be specific, give examples if possible, I have not used all the frameworks out there and I am no expert on any of them, except my own, :)

Here are some questions that I came up with:

• What are ColdBox plugins?
• What is the difference between a ColdBox event handler and a Model Glue controller?
• How does model calls differ from ColdBox than Model Glue?
• How are views in ColdBox different than in Model Glue?
• Why does ColdBox have Layouts and views, while Model Glue only has views?
• Coldbox can use UDF libraries, can other framework use them?
• Do I code in my config.xml like Model Glue/Mach II in Coldbox

These are just some. So please bombard me with what needs answering, I will try my best to conjure up excellent answers.

Have a good night.

This is Part I of a tutorial about the ColdBox config.xml This introduces you to the framework settings and what you can define and do in ColdBox. You can find a sample config.xml below. We will go section by section, explain what each section does, how you can use it, and maybe you can give me feedback on future versions. Also, you can find the schema documentation by using the link below:

http://luismajano.com/projects/coldbox/documents/SchemaDocs/index.html

A great place to start can also be found in the wiki:

http://trac.luismajano.com/coldbox/wiki/cbConfigGuide

I just uploaded a small video to youtube to demonstrate how easy it is to use the ColdBox Dashboard to auto update your ColdBox installation.

You can find the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTbXiUeQOG0

Or you can view it below, if the embedded video works:

This new revision is now available for download. It includes the new JavaLoader cfc by Mark Mandel as a ColdBox plugin, a new sample application to show how to use the plugin, two fixes and mostly code cleanup.

The docs have been updated and so has the wiki. In the future I will be mostly updating the wiki docs, and posting the documentation there.

So please give this revision a try. You can use the auto-update feature on the Dashboard or just simply download it.

Download ColdBox 1.0.2

I also noticed that Mr Ray Camden release a new galleon forums. So I will be updating the framework version of it to include his changes. Hopefully, by the time I finish, he still has not release a new one!! You are a machine!!hehe.

Enjoy