Martin

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• Considering Polyfill Function Mechanics And Hoisting In ColdFusion

  Posted on Apr 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM

  Hi Ben, I have been a long time reader lurking in the shadows and was sorry to read your comment above about your anxiety and depression. Not that I expect it to help much, but I just want to send you some positive vibes and hope you get through it OK.... read more »

• Reading EXIF Orientation And Auto-Orienting Images Using GraphicsMagick And Lucee CFML 5.2.9.31

  Posted on Jan 10, 2022 at 4:58 PM

  Hi Ben, Thanks as ever for this writeup. I have recently had to contend with similar issues with users uploading images. If anybody is looking for a CF only version this may be useful to them: struct function getImageOrientation(string filePath){ local.ret = { "orientation": &... read more »

• Using ColdFusion Custom Tags To Create An HTML Email DSL In Lucee CFML 5.3.7.47

  Posted on Feb 8, 2021 at 4:38 AM

  @Ben, Yes - things like 'Ghost Tables' and GANGA (Gmail App for Non Google Accounts) are a whole new world and can make life very difficult. Fix something for one client and there is a chance you will have broken it in another! Feel free to borrow / steal if you find something useful - I h... read more »

• Using ColdFusion Custom Tags To Create An HTML Email DSL In Lucee CFML 5.3.7.47

  Posted on Feb 6, 2021 at 5:22 PM

  Interesting read @Ben. This looks like a great approach to take for email rendering. There is no-end of complexity and quirks to deal with and Litmus is certainly very useful. I spent some time last year working on a CFML port of MJML. It ended up diverging in a few places and some of the HT... read more »