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Playing with Numbers
For this month's installment, I thought I'd return the Community column to its original roots ('Tales From the List') and focus on a recent thread in the CFDJ List. Brian Simpson wrote to the List posing the following problem: 'How ...
Optimize, Extend and Enhance the Search Functionality in ColdFusion MX
Do your end users complain about the quality of your ColdFusion application's search functionality? Have you exceeded the 250,000-document limit of the search functionality that comes embedded in ColdFusion MX?
Reusable (and Maintainable) Presentation Code
Everyone knows that you should reuse your code so that you don't have to repeatedly write the same functionality. You put widgets in custom tags and encapsulate logic in CFCs. Even so, your application's user interface may frequentl...
Data Presentation with Macromedia Flex
Last month I introduced you to the wonderful world of building Rich Internet Applications with Macromedia Flex ('Flex Your ColdFusion Muscles,' CFDJ, Vol. 6, issue 12) and discussed some of the distinct advantages RIAs have over t...
Personas Can Improve User Interface
For a long time I've been stuck in the mindset that creating a fabulous user interface requires a top-notch artist. I thought someone who is a master of colors and graphics is bound to make the ideal user interface. Trial and error ...
ColdFusion Everywhere PART 1
Think about the last time you bought a car. Did you walk around the vehicle, look under the hood and sit in the driver's seat to get a feel for it? You probably took it for a test-drive before making the final decision.
No Experience Required
This is not a piece full of technical anything. It's a story about a boy and his dog...ok, not that. It is a story about how a Web-dabbling engineer created some highly useful apps for his co-workers and himself.
Charting New Territory
Recently, a client approached me about adding a new requirement to their software - a hybrid content-management application written in ColdFusion, Java, and Flash. The desired new requirement was the ability to create dynamic Gant...
New Year Brings Change
For several months I've been promising there would be changes in CFDJ in the New Year. Change in the form of offering deep-focused issues. Change in the form of new regular and semi-regular columns. Well, the time has finally come. ...
Displaying Grouped Output with ColdFusion
Knock! Knock! Hey [insert your name here], can you create a report of all the users who have registered on our site? Geography is really important to the sales folk, so make sure you categorize it by state. Oh, and can I have it done today?'

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Every Beginner Must Grow Up
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CFImage Part 2
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Test Driving ColdFusion 8
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Using the Adobe Flex Toolkit for Salesforce.com
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An Introduction To Adobe Flex For ColdFusion Developers
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Flex and ColdFusion Hybrid Application with ServiceFactory
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Your First Adobe Flex Application with a ColdFusion Backend
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CFDJ Product Review "CFMX Exam Buster 7"
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