Jeff Peters

Rarely do I get to have as much fun as this morning. I decided to download and install the new IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0.0.1 to one of our blade servers. The install was flawless and the instructions were exceptional. Before starting the server and d... (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 devel... (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, regardle... (more)

When I found out this month's issue would be a "back to basics" issue, I was torn between several topics that I hope are of interest to every CFML developer. I settled on the array, which is a powerful tool in the hands of a skilled coder. Just to make sure everyone's on board we... (more)

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 i... (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 ... (more)

In recent months, the term "LAMBDA Box" has taken hold in the CFML community. The idea of a low-cost CFML server based on Linux, Apache, MySQL, and BlueDragon provided a solution for me in early 2003, and resulted in the invention of the term. Let's take a look back at how that ... (more)

Query simulations, or querysims, are a means of simulating returned records from a database when no database exists. This article explores a method of using the tag to create an easy approach to custom log file processing. Querysims 101 The custom tag... (more)

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 ... (more)