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Well, it is almost a week since my announcement of ColdBox and here are the updates on my progress.

• The dashboard is complete with the framework auto-update feature included
• i18N support via resource bundles is complete, you can now internationalize your applications via the config.xml and one simple getresource method. It takes more time to create the resource bundles than to actually enable multi-language support.
• Samples gallery application finished in both English and Spanish
• Quick Start Guide almost finished.

What is keeping me back from opening the source is the Quick Start Guide. I want to be able to provide some decent and abundant documentation, so from now on, that is the only task I am doing. This guide will give you an overview of the framework, how to use it, why use it, why not to use it, and more.

Now to the Dashboard preview. Below you can see some thumbnails of the sections of the Dashboard and brief descriptions:

Well, I have been finally going at it more than usual to get this public beta out. You can find it now under my projects section by using the link below http://www.luismajano.com/index.cfm?event=ehProjects.dspColdbox So welcome to ColdBox. Please use the trac site for issues and the wiki, which I have been putting a lot of content. Use the forums for any discussions, and if you need to contact me use the conta...

Thanks to ColdBox's easy i18n and resource bundle support (Paul Hastings and Ray Camden) the dashboard application is now in Spanish for all of the Latinos in the CF community. Also, the samples gallery application is in Spanish. I will be updating all the documentation to Spanish too, but it will take me some time. I really would appreciate your feedback on typos or sentences that really do not make any sense or if you want to help me translate, well,you are more than welcome. You can d...

I just finished uploading some initial observations of the beta. Specifically one with the ApplicationStartHandler, where it was not firing automatically, just manually through the fwreinit action. You can download the update, or you can use the auto-update feature of the dashboard. So give that auto-update feature a spin and let me know if it blows up. http://www.luismajano.com/projects/coldbox Enjoy.

I will be releasing a minor update this Friday for ColdBox. This is special, because it now includes a JavaLoader CFC plug-in and it works great. It remains true to the actual cfc, just a little bit simpler to use. I will be including a new sample application to demonstrate how to use the JavaLoader cfc and updating the Wiki. It also includes a fix for the CustomException H...

Well, I am finally opening the lid on a project I have been developing since August of last year: ColdBox a ColdFusion Framework. I am just releasing the specs for this framework for now as I complete all the documentation and sample applications. If you want to see how it works, well you are already using it. This site, its blog (Raymond Camden's BlogCFC by the way), and its forums (

This new revision is now available for download. It includes the new JavaLoader cfc by Mark Mandel as a ColdBox plugin, a new sample application to show how to use the plugin, two fixes and mostly code cleanup. The docs have been updated and so has the wiki. In the future I will be mostly updating the wiki docs, and posting the documentation there. So please give this revision a try. You can use the auto-update feature on the Dashboard or just simply download it.

I just realized that the bundle upload was incorrect. You should now be able to download the coldbox bundle. My apologies, the file escaped my mind!! Enjoy

This is Part I of a tutorial about the ColdBox config.xml This introduces you to the framework settings and what you can define and do in ColdBox. You can find a sample config.xml below. We will go section by section, explain what each section does, how you can use it, and maybe you can give me feedback on future versions. Also, you can find the schema documentation by using the link below: http://luismajano.com/projects/coldbox/documents/SchemaDocs/index.html A great place to start can also be found in the wiki: http://trac.luismajano.com/coldbox/wiki/cbConfigGuide

On my last post, Sami Hoda, pointed out the following:

How about an architectural comparison between Coldbox and other frameworks to give existing frameworks people perspective?

And I think it is a great idea to give reference on what ColdBox can do and how does it compare to other frameworks. However, I do need some help from you (Developers) to post exactly what you want to compare. I can ramble and ramble, but I would prefer to get a listing of wh...