Matt Woodward

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• Java For ColdFusion Developers By Eben Hewitt

  Posted on Nov 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM

  Yep, had to tap into all the Java stuff since when you integrate Grails and CFML the way I did, Grails is in charge of all the HTTP requests. Everything's still there, you just have to find where it is. ;-)... read more »

• Java For ColdFusion Developers By Eben Hewitt

  Posted on Nov 18, 2010 at 1:34 PM

  Java definitely has corollaries to Application.cfc in the ServletContext--all the same stuff's available, and CFML's application "stuff" is a subset of (and stored in) the ServletConext under the covers. You can learn some pretty interesting stuff by dumping some of the Java ServletContext... read more »

• Tracking Request Volume Based On IP Addresses In ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 4, 2009 at 4:01 PM

  Yep, that's what open source is all about. ;-) Since this is native to the engine it's in Java of course, but if you grab the source and navigate to com/naryx/tagfusion/cfm/tag/ext/cfTHROTTLE.java you can check things out.... read more »

• Tracking Request Volume Based On IP Addresses In ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM

  You might check out Open BlueDragon's CFTHROTTLE tag for some additonal implementation ideas: http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/CFTHROTTLE... read more »

• Is It Time For "Practical" Object Oriented Programming (OOP)?

  Posted on Mar 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM

  Can't remember who said it, but the quote "In theory there's no difference between theory and practice" comes to mind. I think it's wise for us all to keep studying, learning, and pondering the wonders of OO. But in some cases it really is just theory. At the end of the day we have to make stuff ... read more »

• Ask Ben: Removing Duplicate List Items While Maintaining Original List Order

  Posted on Jan 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM

  Didn't like the () at the end of the last URL I posted, so let's try this: http://tinyurl.com/a4oy3u... read more »

• Ask Ben: Removing Duplicate List Items While Maintaining Original List Order

  Posted on Jan 15, 2009 at 1:18 PM

  Or ... http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/ListRemoveDuplicates ()... read more »

• Hal Helms On Object Oriented Programming - Day Four

  Posted on Oct 24, 2008 at 6:37 AM

  Sorry, "... you could have to include a gas tank in the constructor ..." should have read "... you WOULD have to include a gas tank in the constructor ..."... read more »

• Hal Helms On Object Oriented Programming - Day Four

  Posted on Oct 24, 2008 at 6:35 AM

  @Ben--thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences! This has been a really great, thought-provoking series of posts. @Ike--I think you're confusing the object being valid and the state of a particular instance of the object. A vehicle needs to have the capability to move, but t... read more »