ColdFusion Open-Source Update - March 5

New Releases and Updates

New Project: ColdCourse
Search Engine Safe URLs for Fusebox, Mach-II, Model-Glue and ColdBox
Adam Fortuna has created this project to create SES URLs for all the major MVC frameworks.

Galleon
Update Released
Ray Camden has updated his forums application which includes a number of bug fixes and improvements.

CFMBB
1.20 In Beta
Rick Root has released the latest beta of his message board application which includes a number of new features and CFOpenChat integration for chat.

MachBlog
Beta 2 Available
Matt Woodward included a number important bug fixes in the latest beta of his blog application.

BlogCFC
Version 5.6 Released
Ray Camden has released a new version of his blog applcation that includes a lot of non-critical bug fixes as well as improved stats and searching.

DataMgr
DataMgr 2.0 RC2 and Performance Testing
Steve Bryant concluded his whirlwind U.S. tour with some new ideas for his active schema project which have been implemented as new features in the latest release candidate. In addition, he is looking for feedback regarding how best to implement performance testing for the project.

CFFormProtect
CFFormProtect bug fix release
Jacob Munson has released an update to his spam bot protection project that fixes a ColdFusion (as opposed to BlueDragon) compatibility issue.

Mailer
Mailer 1.5 and Testing
Steve Bryant has released a new version of his email component that includes the ability to run in a development mode that logs the email to the database instead of actually sending the email.

Announcements

Mach ii
Mach-II 1.5.0: Bind a Property Value to a Parameter Value
Peter Farrell discusses a new feature in the upcoming 1.5 release that will allow you to bind properties to the value of a parameter in a filter, listener or plug-in.

Mach-II 1.5.0: Struct/Array Support in Configure Time Parameters
Peter Farrell discusses another new feature coming in 1.5 that will allow you to create structures and arrays as properties within the configuration XML.

Mach-II: My Final Words
Michael Dinowitz bids adieu to the "controversy" caused by his modifying the Mach ii core files by explaining that he is not advocating modifying core files and the reasons behind his specific decision to do so in this case.

ColdBox
ColdBox 1.2.0: RequestContext name change to Event. What are your thoughts?
Luis Majano asks for feedback regarding changing the events are announced via the URL string from RequestContext to simply event.

ColdBox 1.2.0 Becomes 2.0.0 and License Change
Luis Majano made two significant changes to his framework in that he changed the license to the Apache License Version 2.0 and he has changed the version number of 1.2 to 2.0 to better reflect the level of changes included.

ColdBox Alternate Installation Methods
A new version of the framework install guide was posted.

More guides Updated
A list of updated and new documentation guides for the 2.0 release.

Fusebox
Fusebox.org Website Design Contest Update
Sean Corfield links to the 3 latest designs in the redesign contest.

CFRails
Cfrails Docs Updated
Sammy Larbi has updated the documentation to get it back in line with the available methods in his framework.

ObjectBreeze
ObjectBreeze v2.0 Update
Nic Tunney is moving up the priority of updates to his ORM project because of recent interest, and lists some of the expected features in a 2.0 release.

CFCUnit
Your Thoughts on Unit Testing
Paul Kenney is looking for feedback on what to include in the 1.2 release of his unit testing framework.

Tutorials

ColdBox
Installing the Coldbox Framework in two easy steps
Nick Tong does the first post in an expected series on his experiences trying ColdBox for the first time.

Coldbox, another great solution?
Adam Fortuna posts his first thoughts on his experiences investigating ColdBox as a new alternative in the CF frameworks world.

FarCry
FarCry 4 Formtools Issues
Matt Williams discusses an issue he encountered trying to add a new webskin to FarCry 4.

BlogCFC
Using the BlogCFC5.5 'render' Folder
David Harris goes over how to use the render feature in BlogCFC 5.5+ to add your own custom rendering rules.

DataMgr
Data Manager by Steve Bryant
Matt Williams discusses Steve's Nashville presentation and how this spurred him to use DataMgr for the first time to great success.

Transfer
Damon Gentry offers a multi-part tutorial on using Transfer for beginners:
Baby Steps with Transfer - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Reactor
Building ColdFusion services with ColdSpring and Reactor, part 1
Have I told you about our firewall at my office? Well it blocks about 99.999995% of the Internet including things that I would legitimately use for work purposes (no, not that I would ever browse anything else ;). Anyway, my point is that this post just came out today and the site is blocked for me, so I wish I could tell you more about it but I cannot.