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Full CFScript CFCs Aren’t Yet Where They Need To Be
April 17, 2010A few months ago, I blogged about my excitement about the role that full script CFCs could have in an MVC stack, particularly with CFWheels. Unfortunately, the CFScript part of ColdFusion isn't quite where it needs to be yet.
REALLY networking
April 10, 2010The solutions for networking effectively all involve hard work, which most people are unwilling to do.
404 Error Handling in CFWheels
March 30, 2010This is fairly simple, but I figured that I would share my approach for 404 error pages in CFWheels and see if anyone has a different/better way of doing it. This example demonstrates code used on cfwheels.org.
2 types of web developers
March 29, 2010I've had this sense that there are 2 different types of web developers: artists and robots.
A rally cry for ColdFusion
March 25, 2010I've seen people comment that Adobe needs to promote and advertise ColdFusion more heavily. I think that this is a problem.
The value of SEO
March 22, 2010Paul Boag, a fairly famous web guy, claimed to not get the value of SEO. But when done properly, I'd argue that SEO can help.
Prototyping a service
February 15, 2010As many fields, products, and services are becoming commoditized, it's become increasingly important to plan and implement a great customer experience. I've been learning a lot from E-myth and Adaptive Path about how prototyping can be an effective tool for creating a "wow" experience for customers.
FeedBurner URL design tip
January 6, 2010In case you weren't aware, you can create a FeedBurner URL with forward slashes in it. I like this because you can design subfolders off of a main folder. Combine with MyBrand, and you have a rather intuitive system for feed URLs.
Best explanation of Gravatar yet
December 9, 2009The beautifully-designed source code control site GitHub has the best explanation of Gravatar yet.
Using extra CFC attributes for documentation
November 12, 2009Using some extra CFC attributes and CFML's GetMetaData() function, we wrote a pretty cool documentation parser for CFWheels.
About Chris Peters
With over 20 years of experience, I help plan, execute, and optimize digital experiences.