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Chris G

Member since Oct 23, 2012

Recent Blog Comments By Chris G

  • Using ColdFusion Custom Tags And Modules In CFWheels

    Posted on Jul 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM

    @Ben Nadel, For sure! Striking that balance between brevity and clarity is always a struggle. Personally, I tend to err on the side of clarity over brevity. But this is definitely a "choose your own adventure" sort of endeavor. My helpers really needs some organization and gene... read more »

  • Using ColdFusion Custom Tags And Modules In CFWheels

    Posted on Jul 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM

    Cleaver! And elegant. I've just been making ample use of CF's saveContent all over the place. Naming things is so hard. I'm wondering how you settled on helpers() . Since there's already a concept of "helpers" in CFWheels, this name confused me initially. I'm thinking more like... read more »

  • Creating Service Objects In The CFWheels ColdFusion Framework

    Posted on Jun 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM

    @Ben Love this. Firstly, I find a service() function to be incredibly useful within CFWheels and it fits nicely with it's conventions. I implemented my service layer using this 13-year-old gist by rip747 a long time ago, which instantiates every service on start up. I like that yours... read more »

  • Movie Ranking With Sortable.js And Kendall Tau Distance

    Posted on Jun 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM

    @Ben Nadel, With Peter Amiri at your disposal, you're set! Maybe you can even sway the add services() as a blessed part of the framework. I think it would be a great add..and much needed in my opinion. I imagine the reason it has not already been added is because (maybe) it's not part of ... read more »

  • Movie Ranking With Sortable.js And Kendall Tau Distance

    Posted on Jun 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM

    @Ben Nadel, You're super smart to want a service model. Back when I first started, I read some obscure article about how someone integrated services into CFWheels, I did it, and now I cannot even begin to remember how/what I did to make it happen. But I have a folder /services which cont... read more »

  • Movie Ranking With Sortable.js And Kendall Tau Distance

    Posted on Jun 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM

    For the record, never once have I wondered how romantically compatible we are 😜 I'm planning to check out Phoenix through. Would you recommend? I also think you could build the next big dating app from the idea of movie, food, book...Compatability. It couldn't be worse than all the scienc... read more »

  • Encoding "FFFFFFFF" Into An INT In Adobe ColdFusion

    Posted on Jun 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM

    @Ben Ahhh...I thought it was weird that my comment was being blocked. I spent a little time trying to figure out which part was blocking, then gave up. I thought all was lost and abandoned the comment entirely. Was surprised to see it survived. Nice! Thanks for clearing up the mystery!... read more »

  • Creating Java Classes From JAR Files In Adobe ColdFusion 2025

    Posted on Jun 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM

    Nothing to add to the conversation...I'm just wishing I could react to existing comments with a thumbs-up, heart, etc. Sometimes, the comments are as interesting as the article :) I've always found the DX of loading java classes in CF to be confusing, and I (always) have to refer back to the... read more »

  • Rendering QR Codes With Zxing And ColdFusion

    Posted on Jun 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM

    This was a fascinating read! I know so much more about QR codes than I ever did before, and now I know how to generate them if I need to? Bonus! I always wondered how they incorporated the logo into a QR code...Mystery solved! Great stuff 👏🙏... read more »

  • Hypermedia Systems By Carson Gross

    Posted on May 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM

    @Ben Nadel, Nice! My guess is that the idea of prefixes and suffixes is more to align with the CFW way of doing things. The form helpers are a prime example of this with all their prependToLabel etc. IDK. But as they say...there's more than one way to skin a cat. That's actually a pretty... read more »

  • Hypermedia Systems By Carson Gross

    Posted on May 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM

    @Ben Nadel, Ha! I've forgotten about that. I actually cannot take any credit for the approach. All I did was take Grant Copley's YM_Headliner, written for CFW 1.x and updated it to work with 2.x But I agree and what I love most about it is that I can use it as my H1 tag as well as my TITLE... read more »

  • Using :scope To Identify The Host Element In .querySelectorAll()

    Posted on Apr 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM

    So cool. CSS is pure magic 🪄✨... read more »

  • ColdFusion And HTMX Contact App

    Posted on Apr 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM

    I love that you're delving into htmx as I've always been curious about it but haven't (yet) taken the time to do a deep dive myself. I'm not (yet) convinced I need it to be honest. It may be a solution looking for a problem, but I'm open (and interested) to learn along with you. When you d... read more »

  • HTTP GET And HTTP POST Are Sufficient (For Me) In ColdFusion

    Posted on Apr 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    @Ben Nadel, Indeed I am. Filters are your friend when multiple routes all work with the same model to help cut down on the boilerplate. But I'm sure you know that already. It does require a bit of a mental shift, but I like how it also keeps things orderly and consistent as well.... read more »

  • HTTP GET And HTTP POST Are Sufficient (For Me) In ColdFusion

    Posted on Apr 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM

    Well said! I think your strongest point was on bulk DELETE. Another reason could just be simply the inconsistent application of the verbs.... read more »

  • Considering Aliases For EncodeForHtml(), EncodeForHtmlAttribute(), And EncodeForUrl() In ColdFusion

    Posted on Apr 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM

    @Ben Nadel, 🤣🤣🤣... read more »

  • Considering Aliases For EncodeForHtml(), EncodeForHtmlAttribute(), And EncodeForUrl() In ColdFusion

    Posted on Apr 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM

    @Ben Nadel, Can we move on to the much more critical issue of spaces vs tabs? Spaces for life!!!... read more »

  • Considering Polyfill Function Mechanics And Hoisting In ColdFusion

    Posted on Mar 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM

    @Ben, I'm really sorry to hear about your depression and anxiety. It can be so difficult to find your way out of that haze. I find having purpose helps me, which is one reason I'm so grateful to have a company to run. I find purpose in self employment...gets me out of bed and keeps me moti... read more »

  • Considering Aliases For EncodeForHtml(), EncodeForHtmlAttribute(), And EncodeForUrl() In ColdFusion

    Posted on Mar 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM

    @Ron I love that approach! I've found that included templates can make debugging/troubleshooting so much more difficult, especially when the code cannot be viewed all at once and requires lots of scrolling.... read more »

  • Considering Polyfill Function Mechanics And Hoisting In ColdFusion

    Posted on Mar 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM

    @Ben This is really clever and gives me a much better understanding of CF's function mechanics. I appreciate how you step through the solution by first building up the problem in a clear, uncluttered, and understandable way. It must take you considerable time to craft your posts. Bonus is ... read more »

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