ColdFusion Open Source Update - June 8, 2010 : Remote Synthesis

ColdFusion Open Source Update - June 8, 2010

Posted on Jun 08, 2010

Three new projects and three updates this week in ColdFusion open source. Actually, this post covers more than a week as things were a little slow the week before last so I held the post. My guess is that with summer starting, the warm weather and vacations are getting in the way of coding. I know they are getting in the way of mine.

New Releases and Updates

New Project: Another Fun Framework
Another Fun Framework
Steve Bryant posts about his new framework that is "object inspired" not object-oriented and doesn't use what he terms the "hub and spoke" setup of other common ColdFusion frameworks.

New Project: Tokamak
Initial Release
Joe Roberts created this remote API for Fusion Reactor to get server metrics and return them as XML.

New Project: Xbox 360 Gamer Card App
Xbox 360 Gamer Card App released on RIAforge.org
Shaun McCran released a component that accesses your Xbox 360 gamer card via mygamercard.net.

FarCry
Core Milestone 5.2.8 Released
Geoff Bowers posts about the latest maintenance milestone for the 5.2 branch.

Framework One
FW/1 1.1 Release Candidate 2 Available
Sean Corfield posts about a new release candidate that includes some enhancements around URL generation and bug fixes.

ValidateThis
ValidateThis 0.94 - More community contributions
Bob Silverberg posts some updates including contributions from John Whish and Jamie Krug.

Announcements

FiLEX
Public Demo For FiLEX - Coldfusion / Flex File Manager
Janusz Buda posts a demo of his file manager project that is not officially released yet.

Mach-II
FAQ: How-To Clear Your Template Cache in Adobe CF, OpenBD and Railo
Peter Farrell posts about a new FAQ.

Experiment: Using Twitter to farm out wiki work load for small contributions
Peter Farrell shares an idea he had around soliciting contributions to the Mach-II wiki.

Mura CMS
Last.fm Mura Plugin
Steve Good released a plugin that he created with Colin Judd that adds Last.fm features to your Mura site.

Tutorials, Presentations and Reviews

ColdFusion on Wheels
My First CfWheels App - MyRides
John Sieber discusses his experiences building his first site using ColdFusion on Wheels.

Framework One
Framework One for when you don't need a framework pt2
Andy Jarrett follows up on his last post by going into greater detail about using FW/1.

Framework One for when you don't need a framework
Andy Jarrett discusses how, despite sometimes not being a fan of MVC frameworks for many reasons, he feels Framework One is flexible enough that he uses it even on "brochure-ware" sites. He then offers a start of a beginner's tutorial for FW/1.

Mach-II
My favourite application framework in the ColdFusion world: Mach-II (via Nukleos)
Peter Farrell posts another testimonial for Mach-II from a developer at Dexia.

Model-Glue
Ask a Jedi: Composite, Dynamic Views in Model-Glue?
Raymond Camden answers a user's question about combining views and replacing elements in a view.

Mura CMS
Advanced Plugin Development for the Mura CMS: Part I
Grant Shepert begins a tutorial series showing how to build a Mura plugin (Meld Gallery) using FW/1 and ColdSpring.

Using ANT to Automate a Build Version Number
Adam Presley shows how to use ANT to automate build numbers on your Mura plugins.