JAlpino

Recent Blog Comments By JAlpino

• Win A Copy Of JavaScript Enlightenment By Cody Lindley

  Posted on Aug 26, 2011 at 3:24 PM

  First time I have ever won anything!!! Thank you Ben.... read more »

• Win A Copy Of JavaScript Enlightenment By Cody Lindley

  Posted on Aug 25, 2011 at 7:39 PM

  Wicked! I never thought to override the toString() method on my objects before.... read more »

• Tales Of Revolution And A Sense Of Community

  Posted on Apr 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM

  Amazing Ben, congratulations! You are on your way to international stardom (beyond the tech world!).... read more »

• Ode To ColdFusion On Valentine's Day

  Posted on Feb 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

  Nice, who knew that Ben was also poet!!... read more »

• Extending The Application.cfc ColdFusion Framework Component With A Relative Path

  Posted on Feb 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM

  Wouldn't a (CF) mapping pointing to the application root solve this issue? I realize you still can't extend using relative pathing, but would you need to if you always knew how to start from the root?... read more »

• In The Spirit Of B. Virdot - A Small Gift For A Few Families In Need

  Posted on Dec 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM

  +100 karma points for Ben!!... read more »

• Platform vs. Template: Branching Logic, Application Architecture, And Request Optimization

  Posted on Nov 1, 2010 at 9:38 AM

  @Ben, I think with either approach, conditional branching or maintaining two sets of code, there is the chance that either choice could become a maintenance issue down the road. If your apps become very different from each other, then branching will surely cause some pain, on the other hand if the... read more »

• Platform vs. Template: Branching Logic, Application Architecture, And Request Optimization

  Posted on Oct 31, 2010 at 9:32 AM

  I'm also in the midst of trying to digest the best approach for catering to the web and mobile under a single app. My first thought was that I could just simply style the same markup for each platform. That proved to be a little more difficult than I anticipated even though I'm sure some more CSS sa... read more »

• Using GMail's Plus-Style Addressing To Track Bounce Back Email Meta Data

  Posted on Apr 16, 2010 at 12:59 PM

  Somewhat OT, but I use the + modifier on my gmail address when I sign up for new services to see if spam that I receive contains it. I will usually make my address "me+theSiteName@gmail.com". If I receive spam on that address, then I know that the site either sold or otherwise gave up(willingly or... read more »

• Drawing On The iPhone Canvas With jQuery And ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 5, 2010 at 9:12 AM

  You are a fine artist my friend. Great post also!... read more »

• Thanks Adobe!

  Posted on Jan 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM

  Hey Ben, congrats! I think you are very deserving of this achievement.... read more »

• 204 Status Codes And ColdFusion CFHttp Calls

  Posted on Dec 4, 2007 at 1:28 PM

  @ Ben, no problem about the name thing, I usually sign with JAlpino instead of my full name. Here is the article that I first learned about using 204 for async processing ( http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/46789.htm ). This article piqued my interest in learning more about status codes and various reque... read more »

• 204 Status Codes And ColdFusion CFHttp Calls

  Posted on Dec 4, 2007 at 11:49 AM

  Nice write up Ben! As usual, you go above an beyond in your research and gratefully share it with the rest of us. I've typically used 204 status codes instead of AJAX requests when it wasn't (absolutely) necessary to receive a response from the server, items like 'watch this item' or 'flag this site... read more »

• Ask Ben: Running ColdFusion Asynchronously - Caveman Style

  Posted on Nov 30, 2007 at 5:06 PM

  Don't forget about using cfheader and status code 204! If thats the first thing that gets processed in the target 'async' template, the calling page will move right along after receiving a response and the target template will continue to process in the background.... read more »

• Returning Zero-Length Images Works Just Fine

  Posted on Sep 10, 2007 at 9:30 AM

  Hi Ben, you could also pass back a status code of 204 ( http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html #sec10.2.5) which tells the client that the request was successful but that it has no data to return... I've been using this technique ever since Brandon Harper had wrote about in the CFDJ ... read more »

• Ask Ben: Passing ColdFusion Structs And Arrays In The URL

  Posted on Jun 22, 2007 at 7:38 PM

  @Ben - I think you are doing a great job and already are leading people down the right path. You've put out a multitude of really interesting and really informative posts (like this one), that have helped improve our community and teach people like myself a thing or two. @Russ - Don't forget, he co... read more »

• Ask Ben: Passing ColdFusion Structs And Arrays In The URL

  Posted on Jun 22, 2007 at 5:44 PM

  I think your last point about character length of the encoded serialized content is a very important one. Most web servers carry limitations on how long the url string can be (I believe the two standard sizes are 255 and 1024). This might be an adjustable value but to play it safe when you submit a ... read more »

• Parsing HTML Tag Data Into A ColdFusion Structure

  Posted on Jun 18, 2007 at 1:12 PM

  @ben - It might be overkill for what you are doing, but have you thought about using jTidy or something of the like to parse the HTML instead of using regex? It makes it super easy once your content is converted to it's DOM to pick off target elements and their attributes, and its fairly performa... read more »

• How Do You Use The ColdFusion CFParam Tag?

  Posted on Mar 23, 2007 at 3:29 PM

  One of the FB3 applications that I support uses <cfparam> quite a bit, and in the case of expecting a numeric value I will typically cast the incoming string to a numeric value. For example: <cfparam name="attributes.myvar" type="string" default="0"> <!--- somewhere in code ---> ... read more »

• Community-Driven ColdFusion Certification Practice Testing

  Posted on Jan 12, 2007 at 5:09 PM

  This rocks!!!... read more »