Monthly Archives: July 2008
- July 17, 2008
- Coding standards, do you use them?
Reading a blog entry this morning got me thinking. Essentially the author had experienced problems (after installing the latest ColdFusion hotfix) with case sensitivity on a Linux server. Two of the issues where based around calling custom tags and createObject(), where the actual filename was in a different “case” to the code calling the tag [...]
- July 8, 2008
- Kotatsu – a simple html table generator
Sometimes you want to create an HTML table by hand and don’t have the luxury (if you consider it a luxury!) of having Dreamweaver around. Of course, creating HTML tables really isn’t all that difficult or time consuming, but considering we use snippets for just about everything else why not have a tool to generate [...]
- July 8, 2008
- Don’t forget the ColdFusion site-wide error handler
Most developers know and use exception handling techniques when building web apps. One of the important reasons to do this is so that the end user isn’t presented with an ugly server error message, but instead a nice “skinned” template advising them that something’s gone wrong and an administrator has been notified etc. (Of course [...]
- July 1, 2008
- 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them
We’ve all experienced dealing with clients before, even if they are “internal” clients within our organisation. Today I saw this article on 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them.
The article mentions 12 different types of client (like a low-tech or hands-on client), how to spot one, the highs and lows of dealing [...]