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• Delaying ColdFusion Session Persistence Until User Logs In

  Posted on Mar 11, 2010 at 5:38 AM

  Hmmm, I didn't get any email notification here - I definitely selected all the checkboxes (they're still ticked).... read more »

• Delaying ColdFusion Session Persistence Until User Logs In

  Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 10:13 AM

  I've been getting errors from the getPageContext().getSession().invalidate() stuff - despite having J2EE sessions enabled - but apparently due to the getSession() call returning null. I think I've solved it with the following: <cfset jSession = getPageContext().getSession() />read more »

• "It Depends" vs. "Fact With Exceptions"

  Posted on Aug 18, 2008 at 2:02 PM

  >> My question is, is "It Depends" really accurate? Well, sometimes yes; othertimes no - it depends... :D... read more »

• ColdFusion Functions Declared Inside CFScript Have Output

  Posted on Jul 12, 2008 at 8:16 AM

  To clarify/expand Ben's last point: output="TRUE" is equivalent to wrapping the cffunction contents with CFOUTPUT tags. output="FALSE" is equivalent to wrapping the cffunction contents with CFSILENT tags. The default output value is neither true nor false, and is the same as a n... read more »

• Does Anyone Else Get Confused By A Purposefully Slow RIAs?

  Posted on May 31, 2008 at 12:05 PM

  I'm very much in the "don't slow me down :@" camp, but as has been said, transitions are /very/ useful for indicating an action to normal users. It doesn't need to be a comprimise/balance issue though - you can have both! One of the things I like about jQuery is that it lets you easil... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on Apr 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM

  > As far as comments go, why would you say comments should > never be ignored? If you go to edit a document you just wrote, > do you always read your comments? It's not a case of reading vs not reading. If I'm familiar with a document, I read neither comments nor c... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:11 PM

  (any chance of compiling your comments into a single post in future?) >> but everyone has to have at least a 17" monitor right? Not necessarily, but I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't. :) At work I've got 2x17" at 1024x768 (crappy old graphics card) At home my main sc... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:49 AM

  Hey, your blog stripped out all the whitespace in my comment! :( It was particularly important for the query example there, so here's a screenshot showing what that should have looked like: http://hybridchill.com... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:45 AM

  Heh, I've been meaning to write up something similar to this for ages, about my own structure/formatting methodology. The whole readability/usability motivation I'm entirely in agreement with. But when it comes to a some of your actual interpretations... well, I think you're crazy. :P... read more »

• Negative CSS Margins Are Not Cool

  Posted on Mar 9, 2008 at 3:53 PM

  There's no reason to use negative margins for that columned list. Relative positioning works perfectly well.... read more »