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As you know, ColdBox is now fully supported for BlueDragon and Railo. However, to port it was a bit tedious when it came to the auto-registration engine for handlers, since I need to traverse the handlers directory recursively and create an array of handlers. This is so easy in Adobe ColdFusion, but BlueDragon and Railo, does not support it (BD 6, railo 1). Here is the Adobe ColdFusion code: That is awesome!! So easy!! Well, to do it the Java Way, takes some patience and w...

Well, the last beta roundup is here, and yes, it includes the new and improved ColdBox Dashboard. So please enjoy this beta as it includes the following updates and enhancements: - ColdBox Dashboard 2.0.0 - Welcome to ColdBox IoC Object Caching: You can now enable the IOC plugin to cache your service objects in the coldbox cache. In order to do this, you will have to enable it in your config file via the 'IOCObjectCaching' flag. Then, you will need to get rid of your singletons in your I...

I have just updated the ColdBox Screenshots so you can see a first hand look at the new and improved ColdBox Dashboard. This is a great application that will surely grow and help developers create and maintain ColdBox Applications. Please remember that it is still beta and improvements are ongoing. However, for this 2.0.0 release, they will be both be released at the same time. After that, separate timelin...

I have just been delving into Transfer this past few weeks and I must say I am really impressed by its design and usage. The way the ORM is layed out is impressive and even more with its TSQL addition. So I decided to create another sample application dedicated to Transfer. It will be on the next beta or RC coming for 2.0.0, but if you do not want to wait, then get it from the Repository by

I just update my dashboard subdomain so you can test out the dashboard for yourself. You head on over to http://dashboard.coldboxframework.com and log in with 'coldbox' to test drive this unique approach to framework management. Please send me your feedback and suggestions. This is still in beta as the framework, and they should be soon released. Thanks again for all your support.

Well, we are almost there. I am releasing today the release candidate 1 of ColdBox 2.0.0. You can get the bits from by clicking here This new build includes the following: 1. Complex Settings via the config.xml. You can now declare arrays and structures inline using {} and [] notation. Ticket Here |

Thanks to Mr. Charlie Griefer, we just set up the ColdBox IRC channel. You can connect to it via DALNET and then just join the coldbox channel. I will be mostly connected at night (Pacific Time). This channel is to promote more live responses from the ColdBox community. You will be able to ask me any questions about ColdBox and more of the veteran ColdBox users will also log in and share ...

Hello Documentation Fans!! (Silence....) I guess there are none!! Anyways, I have just spend most of my precious time updating almost all of the guides and content of the wiki for the upcoming 2.0.0 release. So you can head over to the ColdBox Trac Site and get your fix on all types of new, revised and out of hand...

I know this is late, but I have been swamped at work, so things have been slow.
Sean Corfield has blogged about ColdBox, over at http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/ColdBox and does a mini-review on it. He also asks ColdBox users to give their opinions on why they chose Coldbox? Why they like it? etc? Some people...

I just finalized two very important guides that I know you will enjoy.

ColdBox ColdSpring Integration Guide

A complete guide of interacting with coldspring from coldbox, how to use it, sample code and features.

Logger Plugin: How to trace messages to the debug Panel

An informative guide of how to trace custom and dynamic messages to the coldbox debugging panel. Enjoy this two new great guides. More will be posted soon. The 2.0.0 release is reachin...