ColdFusion Open-Source Update - March 23, 2009

One new project and five updates this week. A somewhat light week this week in the world of ColdFusion open source. So, get caught up and go enjoy March Madness...which, by the way, isn't that much fun since, for the most part, the winners have been the favorites.

New Releases and Updates

New Project: My Blog
Initial Release
Gurpreet Singh Randhawa posts his blogging engine.

CFGroovy
CFGroovy 1.0!
Barney Boisvert released the 1.0 version of his library for working with Groovy (and Hibernate) - its the same as the last release candidate for anyone already using it.

HomePortals
HomePortals 3.1 Early Beta
Oscar Arevalo updates his framework with a more compact API and an extensible plugin architecture.

jCFC
jCFC Examples on Apache
David McGuigan updates his jCFC for working with jQuery to fix Apache related issues.

Metro
Metro 0.8.2 Now Available
Paul Marcotte updates his project with a new service method and major updates to the API.

ShrinkURL
10 new services added to ShrinkURL; now at v0.5.5
Andy Matthews added a bunch of new services to his component for creating short URLs.

Announcements

MXUnit
MXUnit Blog: Got Hard-to-Test code? We Want It!
Marc Esher wants you to send in your hard to test code for a presentation.

ValidateThis!
ValidateThis! 0.65 - Runs on Railo!
Bob Silverberg tested his validation framework for Railo compatibility.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

CFFormProtect
Finally Using CFFormProtect, And Getting Zero Spam
Brian Kotek gives CFFormProtect a strong endorsement.

ColdEXT
ColdEXT Helps With Consistency!
Glyn Jackson offers his strong endorsement of Justin Carter's ColdExt project for working with the Ext JavaScript library.

QueryParam Scanner
Using QueryParam Scanner
Akbarsait gives a positive review to Peter Boughton's QueryParam Scanner.

Transfer
Quick Transfer Tip
Raymond Camden posts a suggestion on how to access the datasource settings in Transfer.

ValidateThis!
Getting Started with VT and Transfer - Part IV - Using VT for Server-Side Val...
Bob Silverberg continues his tutorial series on using his validation framework.