ColdFusion Open-Source Update - January 12, 2009

Three new project and nine updates this week as well as a ton of new tutorials. Enjoy!

New Releases and Updates

New Project: cf-flex-user-auth
cf-flex-user-auth Released
Shannon Hicks released this starter ColdFusion/Flex application built with the Mate framework that includes user registration, email confirmation, login and logout functionalities.

New Project: CFProperty Inspector
CFProperty Inspector on RiaForge
Kevin Penny released this project which auto-generates CFProperty tags for any components based on the method metadata.

New Project: Mosso CloudFiles CFC
Initial Release
Louis Brauer wrote this component to work with Mosso CloudFiles cloud data storage.

cfSpec
What's New in cfSpec v0.1.1?
Ron Hopper announces the latest update to cfSpec including an improved runner and support for suites.

ColdBox
ColdBox 2.6.2 Fixes and Patches
Luis Majano announces a bug fix release.

ColdFire
ColdFire 1.3.151.151
Nathan Mische released a number of small updates to his ColdFire debugging project including a "force debugging" which is not related to Star Wars but instead allows you debug CF Ajax requests bound to a URL (as opposed to a CFC).

DataMgr
DataMgr 2.2 Release Candidate (with Documentation!)
Steve Bryant releases another release candidate of his data management component including better documentation and support for OpenBD.

FarCry
FarCry 5.1 Public Beta Released
Geoff Bowers posts about the latest FarCry public beta which resolves over 200 issues, a brand new friendly URL system, improved Railo and OpenBD support and much more.

Metro
Metro 0.3.1 Released
Paul Marcotte added hints for internal documentation of the project and decided to refactor a few items in the process.

Metro 0.3.2 Released
Paul Marcotte released an update to Metro so that it allows the creation of a concrete gateway without requiring a concrete service in the same package.

OpenID CFC
OpenID CFC Consumer 2.0
A new version of the OpenID component is available.

PDFUtils, Soundings
Project Updates (and a small little security fix)
Raymond Camden made a minor update to his PDFUtils project and updated Soundings with an important security fix.

Announcements

ColdBox
ColdBox will be at CFUnited 2009
Luis Majano will be presenting his ColdBox framework at CFUnited 2009.

FarCry
FarCry 5.1 Public Beta Released
Jeff Coughlin posts about the new beta of FarCry which includes better OpenBD and Railo support as well as improved i18n and a friendly URLs.

Mach-II
New Documentation: Build Apps Faster with Environment Property and sick of wr...
Peter Farrell posts about new the new EnvironmentProperty component for various environment dependent properties and the depends attribute for easier ColdSpring integration.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

cfSpec
Getting Started with cfSpec
Sean Corfield discusses the recent changes in cfSpec.

Getting Started with cfSpec (Part 1)
Ron Hopper created this tutorial which covers both installation and getting started with this unit testing framework.

ColdBox
Customizing the ColdBox Logger Plugin with Method Injection
Paul Marcotte offers this tutorial on mixing in log levels and standard debug methods into the ColdBox logger.

ColdFire
Must Have Tool For Ajax/Remoting Work!
Dan Wilson offers this excellent testimonial about Nathan Mische's ColdFire project.

ColdSpring
ColdSpring on TheServerSide.com
Brian Kotek wrote an article for TheServerSide.com about the ColdSpring framework.

Fusebox
Extending Fusebox's Coldspring Lexicon
Adam Bellas offers this introductory post to using Fusebox 5 and ColdSpring.

Metro
Using Metro - Decorators and Validation
Paul Marcotte posts this tutorial about his Metro project which covers the Metro decorator and validator.

Using Metro - A Transfer ORM Audit Observer
Paul Marcotte offers this tutorial on using the TransferAuditObserver contained within his Metro project.

MXUnit
Unit Testing Coldfusion (CFC) Private Methods
Bill discusses his technique for testing private methods in a component using MXUnit. There is some good discussion in the comments.

Sava CMS
Upgrading a Sava Install, Transfer and ColdBox
This post answers several questions including how to upgrade Sava, work with Transfer and to integrate with ColdBox.

Transfer
Using Decorator objects in Transfer ORM
Dan Skaggs offers this beginners tutorial for using decorators in Transfer.