As the Fusebox standard grows in popularity, our attention turns to ways we
can leverage the standard to work in our favor. As an application architect,
you need to use every means you can to help "blueprint" the project and
improve the end product.
I was recently introduced to a piece of software that leverages design
thinking and consequently created a ColdFusion tool that, hopefully, will
apply even more force to the lever.
Fusebox Framework
If you've followed the Fusebox concept at all, you're familiar with the
general hierarchy of files used by a typical application: a home app
directory with the application's fusebox file (index.cfm), along with a
subdirectory for each circuit application. Each circuit app contains its own
fusebox file as well as the fuse files fo... (more)
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I remember sitting at a ColdFusion conferences (probably CFUN) back when CFMX
7 was still in its pre-beta stage and watching as Ben Forta revealed some of
the new features. There was a mixed reaction when he talked about event
gateways.
While the idea of having messaging built into ColdFusion seemed appealing to
most of the audience, the idea of watching a directory for its content to
c... (more)
At this year's CFUnited, I gave a talk titled "Supercharging Fusebox Project
Management." As indicated by the title, that presentation was aimed at
managers who use Fusebox. While I am a major proponent of Fusebox, this
article deals with some aspects of team management, regardless of what
framework is used. We'll take a look at some basic management goals, and how
we can use simple tool... (more)
In the July 2006 issue of CFDJ, I wrote about the Directory Watcher event
gateway, and how easy it was to set up and how powerful a tool it could be
for managing files and external interfaces. While this is true, there are
some potential hazards waiting for the unsuspecting developer who jumps into
DW waters without a life preserver.
Fortunately, Dave Ferguson has used this particular gat... (more)
Simon says, "Build the Pet Market app in Fusebox." Simon says, "Write an
article about it."
So I'm sitting on a plane at 35,000 feet, somewhere over the heartlands,
writing an article. Having been the driving force behind the creation of the
Wegot Widgets reference application project for Fusebox, I think the idea of
an "All Pet Market" issue of CFDJ is a great idea.
I'm sure each of th... (more)
Jeff Peters works for Open Source Data Integration Software company XAware.
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