ColdFusion Open-Source Update - June 23, 2009

One new project and two updates this week. I am excited that the Adobe ColdFusion and Flex User Group Tour is coming to Boston tonight with Adam Lehman and Tim Buntel. I think that the new features coming in ColdFusion 9 (and with ColdFusion Builder aka Bolt) will help spur more open source development from the ColdFusion community. You can even see the start of that with the new Bolt extensions category at RIAForge which already has a number of releases.

New Releases and Updates

New Project: nocCode
Initial Release
Thomas Stiegler released this web-based IDE that includes features like file management and syntax highlighting.

cfpayment
cfpayment adds Paypal support
Brian Ghidinelli posts that Joseph Lamoree has added a Paypal gateway for the cfPayment project.

Razuna
Razuna 1.2 released – the next step in Open Source Digital Asset Management
Razuna 1.2 adds features including version control on assets, folder tree navigation, commenting and sharing and print to PDF.

Announcements

CFWheels
Documentation Updates: Pages, Sending Email, and Configurations
Chris Peters announces two new and one updated documentation document.

ColdBox
What do you want in ColdBox?
The ColdBox site now includes a feedback option.

ColdBox - SagePay VSP Direct Plugin
Glyn Jackson released this plugin for the ColdBox framework for integrating a payment system into your application.

General (frameworks)
Preview of the Framework Skeletons Bolt Plugin
I offer a video preview and some code samples of my plugin for Bolt/ColdFusion Builder that adds application skeletons for many popular frameworks.

Mango Blog
Mango Documentation Plug-in Available!!!
James Harvey created this plugin to add the Mango documentation to the administration panel.

onTap Framework
The onTap Framework is Ugly!
Isaac Dealey explains why the file naming convention in onTap is ugly but why he likes it.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

ColdBox
First Coldbox Plugin, HELP?
Glyn Jackson asks for some help with issues he is facing building his first ColdBox plugin - the Sagepay plugin discussed in this post.

I Am a Complete Moron
Matt Quackenbush admits to a dumb, and probably common, mistake when building multiple ColdBox applications.

DataMgr
DataMgr Basics
Steve Bryant gives this tutorial for doing some common functionality using DataMgr.

General (Frameworks)
Quick Frameworks Tip
Raymond Camden offers this tip on handling a common problem when using framework configurations.

Mango Blog
Could Mango Blog Be WordPress For ColdFusion?
Matt Hill thinks that Mango Blog could help broaden the ColdFusion community the way Wordpress did for PHP.

ValidateThis!
An Object Oriented Approach to Validations - Recording Available
Bob Silverberg posts the recording of his presentation to the online Meetup group.