http://www.larcun.com The (time permitting) blog of Larkin Cunningham Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:11:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The previous post on localization outlined a solution to the issue of localization - i.e. the display of your pages in multiple languages (and where appropriate currencies, time formats, etc). In that post I highlighted the issue of memory usage when putting a resource bundle into each user's session who differed ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/18/localization-in-model-glue-part-ii/ Before continuing to read, please note that there is a Part II to this post which addresses a performance issue in the following approach. However, please do continue reading because Part II assumes you have read this entire post and only makes minor changes to the code herein... I have seen ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/17/localization-in-model-glue/ In a move that brings CFML into the same arena as PHP, New Atlanta have decided that, as of June 2008, they will release their BlueDragon CFML server as free open-source. It will be available as an Eclipse J2EE project with an ant build script. What will be open-sourced will ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/03/28/cfml-goes-open-source/ Here is the problem: Model-Glue scaffolds give you a nice skeleton to work with. My specific issue was with the list screens, which use a query object to populate the table in the view. If it were an iterator with records, then I would have no issue. However, Model Glue ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/03/27/model-glue-reactor-scaffolds-list-screens-and-those-linked-descriptions/ I wanted a consistent way to access application configuration settings in Model-Glue without embedding too much implementation into my views and as little as possible in the controller(s). I found a way to do it that works well for me. I don't know if it is best practice, but it just ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/03/21/injecting-application-configuration-settings-into-modelglue-using-coldspring/ I've flirted with a lot of technologies over the years. More recently I have been working with Java - Struts with Spring, and even more recently .NET/C#/ASP.NET. They are fine architectures in their own right, and in high-end commercial systems they have a lot to offer. However, there is still ... http://www.larcun.com/2008/03/21/i-have-chosen-coldfusion-3-frameworks-model-glue-coldspring-reactor/ I've been listening to some really good choons over the past couple of days. The first is an album by Felix Laband entitled "Dark Days Exit". It's electronic, and uses a minimum of samples intertwined with some of Felix's (and some friends) own instrumentals. It's real easy listening. The other is ... http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/08/two-excellent-music-choices/ I just bought myself the fine ultraportable laptop, Lenovo's ThinkPad X61s. Hardware-wise, this is an excellent laptop. I like the form factor with 12.1" XGA screen. For wordprocessing and web-browsing, XGA suits the portrait page better than WXGA. 1024x768 resolution is perfectly fine for something that is going to sit ... http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/ I have only owned my XBOX 360 since just before Christmas '06. Before buying it, when I was deciding on which console to buy, I researched the question of which was the best console Wii, PS3 or XBOX 360. In the end, my decision was made by availability. I had ... http://www.larcun.com/2007/02/26/xbox-360-the-2-big-questions/ My ageing IBM T20 laptop had served me well. Costing about £2,500 back in 2000, you would expect it to last the test of time. Admittedly, it has had 1 replacement screen, was on it's 3rd hard drive, had had the memory upgraded and the battery replaced twice, but essentially ... http://www.larcun.com/2007/02/26/hp-2104eu-review/