ColdFusion Open-Source Update - March 24, 2008

New Releases and Updates

New Project: Amazon EC2/S3/SQS/SimpleDB Console
Initial Release
David Smith has posted an interface for accessing Amazon web services.

New Project: CertMan
Initial Release
This project by Paul Connell adds a panel to the CF Admin for adding, viewing and removing SSL certificates in the Java certificate store.

New Project: Sigma Forums
Initial Release
A basic forum application for ColdFusion 8 and MySQL.

CodeCop
CodeCop 1.0.1
Stev Bryant updates his code checking application to better integrate with the CF8 Admin.

ColdMock
Small Update to ColdMock
Brian Kotek added a method to count the number of times a method is called on his mock object creator.

ColdSpring Bean Utilities
Meet ColdSpringXMLUtils, a New Addition to the ColdSpring Bean Utilities Family
This project by Brian Kotek will allow you to place dynamic properties anywhere in the ColdSpring XML.

CSSRule CFC
Minor CSSRule.cfc ColdFusion CSS Parser Update
Ben Nadel has added support for the color property and some new methods.

Announcements

1ssBlog
1ssBlog on RIAForge
Ed Tabara has posted the code for his blog engine to RIAForge.

ColdBox
IllegalStateExceptions in ModuleTag With ColdBox
There is an Adobe hotfix that addresses this error in ColdFusion 7.

Eclipse Resource Bundles Editor: Great For ColdBox Internationalization.
Luis Majano shares an Eclipse plugin that is good for managing resource bundles.

POI Utility CFC
POI ColdFusion Custom Tags Almost There
Ben Nadel is wrapping the Excel file creation in a custom tag.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

1ssBlog
Knowing 1ssBlog better: Triggers
Ed Tabara discusses some unique functions of his blog software.

Knowing 1ssBlog better: Cache Refreshing Options
Ed Tabara discusses the caching options in his blog software further.

CFUnit
CFUnit and a Custom Tag
Bill (last name?) shows how to unit test a custom tag.

ColdExt
ColdEXT
Gary Gilbert is starting to blog about his experience with Justin Carter's ext custom tag wrappers.

FarCry
Come and check out FarCry 5 - yes FIVE
Geoff Bowers will be presenting the latest version of FarCry on Thursday, 27th March.

Model-Glue
Is your framework up to date?
Though posting about Model-Glue, Ray's question is relevant to all frameworks; the point being, make sure your version is up to date.

Model-Glue Tips and Tricks
Boyan Kostadinov offers 8 tips that he find valuable when developing with the Model-Glue framework.