ColdFusion Open-Source Update - May 5, 2008

Two new releases and four updates this week (and a ton of presentation notes from cf.Objective()). Speaking of cf.Objective(), it was awesome, as expected, but more on that later. Unfortunately, I have to pass on the sad news to all the open-source developers that I will no longer be releasing updates or maintaining the open-source list. I was having a deep conversation with the world-renowned language expert, Richard Bremner (or as I call him, Morpheus), and he has convinced me that since CFML is not a language, that these were not actually "projects." Below I transcribed the quote my discussion with Richard that I think will clarify this point to people (in it he refers to me by his friendly nickname for me, Neo):

"ColdFusion is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? PDFs, Ajax integration, queries, components. The very code we are trying to save. But until we do, this code is still a part of that system and that makes it our enemy. You have to understand, most ColdFusion developers are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."

Anyway, my eyes have been opened...Thank you Morpheus (i.e. Richard Bremner).

New Releases and Updates

New Project: iBilling Client
Initial Release
This project integrates with Intrannuity's iBilling billing platform.

New Project: Portcullis
Portcullis - Protect against SQL Injection and XSS
This project, by John Mason, is a filter that protects against SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.

Various (Lighthouse Pro, Galleon, YouTubeCFC)
Project updates
Raymond Camden released small updates to several of his projects.

WhosOnCFC
WhosOnCFC 2.0.2 Uploaded to RIAForge
Shane Zehnder released a small update.

Announcements

ColdBox
ColdBox Forums with Google Search now!!
Search for help on the ColdBox forums.

ColdBox Documentation Internationalization Project is here!!
Luis Majano announces that the Japanese and Spanish version of the ColdBox documentation is being developed.

Mango Blog
ShoppingAds Custom Tag for Mango
Josh releases this tag to integrate ads from the ShoppingAds service.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

BlogCFC
WoW Head popups in blogCFC
This tutorial shows how to add World of Warcraft "head popups."

blogCFC mod for easy WOWWiki linking!
Title says it all I think.

cfcUnit
Notes from Best Testing with cfcUnit
Notes from John Mason's presentation.

ColdBox
Coldbox 2.6.0 Beta 2 and My Week So Far
Michael Benner talks about his experience moving to ColdBox.

CFObjective 2008 Advanced Workshop Resources posted
Luis Majano posts the presentation he gave at cf.Objective()

CFObjective ColdBox Framework 101 session posted
Luis' beginner presentation from cf.Objective()

ColdSpring
Notes from Intro into ColdSpring
Notes from Mark Drew's cf.Objective() presentation.

Fusebox
Additional parameters for Fusebox 5.5, event.xfa()
John Whish talks about a often forgotten feature in Fusebox.

General (Frameworks)
Like frameworks? I do
Kay Smoljak discusses her continuing ColdFusion frameworks series on Sitepoint.

Frameworks, frameworks everywhere
More on Kay's Sitepoint series.

Why I Hate ORMs (a solicited rant)
Doug Boude shares why he hates ORMs *in general* though it appears to be based on a *single* experience with a *single* ORM.

Model-Glue
Model-Glue 3 - The New Frakin' Awesomeness
Raymond Camden talks about all the new features Joe talked about in his cf.Objective() session.

INTEGRATING COLDFUSION 8 AJAX WITH MODEL-GLUE APPLICATIONS
Todd Sharp shares the slides and code from his cf.Objective() presentation.

Transfer
Notes from Introduction to Building Applications with Transfer ORM
Notes from Mark Mandel's cf.Objective() presentation.

cf.Objective Session - Transfer Caching Mechanisms by Mark Mandel
My notes from Mark Mandel's presentation.

Intro to ColdSpring was Mark Drew not Chris Scott. Chris did the advanced workshop.