ColdFusion Open-Source Update - January 26, 2010
Two new projects and two updates this week in ColdFusion open source. This was a relatively quiet week for some reason. My guess is that most open source developers were distracted by either the Conan/Leno mess or trying to get the skinny on Brangelina. I really can't see any other logical reason. Thankfully, those topics seem to have quieted down and open source developers can get back to the business of new releases.
New Releases and Updates
New Project: Acme Boomerang for ColdFusion Builder
Make Your ColdFusion Builder Extensions Auto-Update
I released a new project called Acme Boomerang for ColdFusion Builder intended to make it easy to add an auto-update feature to your ColdFusion Builder extensions.
New Project: CFEnomAPI
Initial Release
Russ Michaels released this project that accesses the ENOM API via ColdFusion (code is available via Subversion).
ColdFire
New ColdFire 1.5 Beta
Nathan Mische posts this new beta that works with Firefox 3.6 and Firebug 1.5 and discusses a compatibility issue with ColdFusion 9.
JavaLoader
JavaLoader 1.0 Beta 2 Released
Mark Mandel updates his component library for loading Java libraries on the fly adding ColdFusion 7 support, performance improvements and improved documentation.
Announcements
ColdFusion on Wheels
Wheels LitePost Contest - win Amazon Gift Card
Mike Henke posts that the ColdFusion on Wheels team is offering one $50 and two $25 Amazon gift cards as prizes to participants who port the LitePost example application to Wheels.
Fusebox
Fusebox still the most used framework
I have a bone to pick with this post by Micheal Smith since the title makes it sound definitive and the actual truth isn't. The statement is based upon tentative results from a survey conducted by CFUnited/Teratech which had only 600 or so responses at the time it was written. Its entirely possible that this statement is true but we don't have actual numbers to back it up and this survey is far from scientific (my own belief is that its more likely homegrown frameworks as a group are more popular but that's just based on anecdotal observation).
Mango Blog
Social Links released
Guust Nieuwenhuis created a plugin to list your links on sites like Twitter, Facebook and more in the sidebar.
Razuna
Update for the Razuna Wordpress Plugin brings many useful features to your digital asset workflow
SixSigns updates its WordPress plugin for Razuna with a ton of features including uploading to Razuna, embedding video/audio player, widget support and more.
Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews
BlogCFC
Changing BlogCFC's comment approval
Andy Jarrett discusses a change to the standard way of approving moderated blog comments but in comment discussion with Ray, rethinks it a bit.
ColdFusion on Wheels
Intro into Wheels ORM & Validation Presentation
Mike Henke posts links to the recording of his recent presentation to the Online ColdFusion Meetup.
Mura CMS
Using Mura as a Blogging Platform
Bent Frye discusses moving from Mango to Mura as a blogging platform and walks through some of the process and considerations in doing so.
Pat Santora answers some common questions, via a readers comments, about extended attributes/subtypes.
I think that anyone who answered this survey are the "smart kids" of the CFML community. I know MANY MANY MANY CFML developers that never touch blogs or conferences because they don't have the time/desire. On that count, I agree that this survey isn't scientific in any way, but it is fun to look at! (Hoping to see that Wheels number grow over the coming years.)