Great CoffeeScript Reference
For a long time I did not see the point of CoffeeScript. I thought “why would you need another language on top of Javascript.” But the truth of it was that I think I had not yet found a good example or reason for why it could be useful. Then I heard that Rails 3.1 was making CoffeeScript a first class citizen and a default, so i thought I better look again. For those who don’t...
Read MoreFind the xml root node name with ColdFusion
I am working today on building a ColdFusion service that can receive the push notifications from Recurly.com Recurly sends all notifications to the same url, but with a different xml document. I needed to find the root node name so that I could process the push notification correctly. With most xmlNodes in CF its very easy to find out what the name is from the xmlName property. Unfortunately if...
Read MorePortable Web Server
I have been meaning to write about this for a while, but I just keep not finding time. But tonight I was reading through the Sammy JS Tutorial, and I decided that I needed to make time. I have been spending a lot of time with Node.js lately. I have even given a couple presentations. While there are many things that Node.js does, one of the most practical purposes is as an on-demand web...
Read MoreAdobe Abandons Air for Linux
Yesterday Adobe release version 2.7 of the Adobe Integrated Runtime. This advance marks significant advances in many features around the platform regarding mobile, including making AIR perform 4x faster on iOS than previous releases. Unfortunately the news surrounding the 2.7 release is not all positive. Adobe also announced that its shifting its focus from being completely cross platform on the...
Read MoreFlex Mobile Lab
Tomorrow night Simb & Company will be leading a Flex Mobile Lab at the May PDX RIA meeting. Bring out your laptop with Flash Builder 4.5 installed and we will walk through the basics of getting you started with Flex Mobile. During the discussion we will talk about the differences in architecture between Flex for the Desktop and Flex Mobile. We will talk about Views and ViewNavigators and...
Read MoreFlash in the Javascript Age
I was told last week that we have entered “The Age of Javascript“. The javascript age is about the migration from page based development on the LAMP stack, to the partial page loading data driven development style. A style of development that the flash community has been utilizing for at least six years. The Javascript age is not only about client side development, its about the...
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