May 10, 2006
by Kay
I haven’t been following the Flex beta – like I need something else to learn! – so it was with some surprise that I read about the ColdFusion/Flex Connectivity beta on Damon Cooper’s blog – as well as providing the … Continue reading
April 24, 2006
by Kay
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Readers of this blog or the CF-Talk mailing list over the past couple of weeks may have noticed I’ve been having some angst about a project which used the ColdFusion Report Builder for some quite complex reports. One of my … Continue reading
April 19, 2006
by Kay
Update: ColdFusion Report Builder: sanity-saving tips Yeah, seriously. I’ve decided it is really, really buggy. And there’s not much information out there about it, which must mean that there’s not many people using it. Over the past couple of days … Continue reading
April 14, 2006
by Kay
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Update: ColdFusion Report Builder: sanity-saving tips Is it just me, or do other people find that working with the ColdFusion Report Builder application is a nightmare? People rant and rave about Flash forms on blogs and forums all the time, … Continue reading
March 1, 2006
by Kay
In my little rant about crappy code comments – which was very light-hearted really, although it can be a serious topic – Jay Greer commented and told me I should go out on a limb and post what I think … Continue reading
February 28, 2006
by Kay
Update: I was asked what I thought good comments were, so here’s a followup post to this one: Update on stupid code comments: good code comments. One of the most frustrating things any programmer can do is work with someone … Continue reading
December 29, 2005
by Kay
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I used to maintain a private wiki for my bookmarks. That let me annotate and group related links together but there were obviously things that weren’t great about it: mostly that it couldn’t really be machine parsed without a bit … Continue reading
October 23, 2005
by Kay
This is a question that comes up quite regularly for me – when do you code a custom application and when do you use an existing solution, be it an off-the-shelf product or code from an open source project? I’m … Continue reading