Jim Priest

Recent Blog Comments By Jim Priest

• Considering Aliases For EncodeForHtml(), EncodeForHtmlAttribute(), And EncodeForUrl() In ColdFusion

  Posted on Apr 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM

  This is probably why I always wince when someone asks me if I can help them with their Wordpress code LOL. 🤔... read more »

• Considering Aliases For EncodeForHtml(), EncodeForHtmlAttribute(), And EncodeForUrl() In ColdFusion

  Posted on Apr 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM

  100% agree with David. If you are trying to save keystrokes I'd leverage something like Espanso to do this so my code wasn't littered with weird abstractions like e(foo). This seems like a very slippery slope. Where does it end? 😰 If someone new were looking at that they'd have no idea... read more »

• Associating Form Inputs With ColdFusion Validation Error Types

  Posted on Dec 10, 2024 at 5:57 PM

  I always liked ValidateThis ... I like where you are headed. I'm curious about the pros/cons of showing each error individually (and having to fix each one) vs highlighting all the fields at once?... read more »

• Terrifying Excitement: My First CFUNITED Conference Experience From 2007

  Posted on Dec 1, 2021 at 2:05 PM

  Geez time flies. Went to my first CFUnited in 2009. A year later Dan and I started CFinNC/NCDevCon :)... read more »

• Rediscovering My Love Of ColdFusion And CFML In 2020

  Posted on Nov 5, 2020 at 9:49 AM

  Great post Ben! IMO all the guys at Ortus deserve a huge kudos for keeping the CFML eco-system alive. Commandbox and the entire Box eco-system are fantastic... read more »

• Exploring The Power Of Multiple Cursors And Selections In Sublime Text 3

  Posted on Mar 29, 2020 at 3:10 PM

  I try a lot of editors but always come back to Sublime. It's fast and CFML is very well supported (thanks jcberquist). Recently started exploring using some Vim shortcuts in it using NeoVintageous. Steep learning curve but I think it'll pay off in the end. :)... read more »

• As A Man, I Can Be A Better Example Than I Have Been

  Posted on Mar 23, 2020 at 10:45 AM

  Life, much like coding is a never ending learning process. Red. Green. Refactor. If you aren't hitting the red you are doing something wrong. But you have to remember to refactor :)... read more »

• Remote Work Increases Intimacy And Amplifies A Shared Sense Of Humanity

  Posted on Oct 17, 2019 at 1:48 PM

  Only reason I work from home is so I can hang out with my dog :)... read more »

• Romanticizing The Idea Of Old-Man Vengeance In A Fast-Paced Web Development World

  Posted on Jun 10, 2019 at 8:33 AM

  Great post!!!! At this point I just refer to myself as a "Senior" developer and let everyone else figure it out :)... read more »

• The Clean Code Video Series By Robert C. Martin, aka Uncle Bob

  Posted on Mar 28, 2013 at 10:11 AM

  Curious - do you need to watch them in order or are they fairly independent?... read more »

• My DZone Interview With Dan Wilson: Creating Software Simulations Using Interface-Driven Architecture

  Posted on Feb 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM

  Great interview! Somehow it is just now dawning on me that you came all the way to NC and I didn't get the requisite 'photo with Ben'... :(... read more »

• My 1,000th ColdFusion Post - What It Means To Me (And Free Prizes)

  Posted on Jan 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM

  I love ColdFusion to the moon... and back... (if you have kids - you'll get this... http://is.gd/gZ70 )... read more »

• Zen, Motorcycle Maintenance, And Producing Software

  Posted on Nov 25, 2008 at 8:41 AM

  My big difficulty reading this book is I get divided between reading as a motorcyclist or a philosophical book. :) I was trying to put my motorcyclist point of view into words but just can't. Just go sit down in front of an older BMW airhead and REALLY look at it for awhile. That's Zen :)... read more »

• Zen, Motorcycle Maintenance, And Producing Software

  Posted on Nov 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM

  That's one of those books I've tried reading several times but get stuck in the middle and never finish it. One of these days.... FYI - this book is online: http://virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/ - also see the Wikipedia entry for links to audiobooks, and more info. And someone recently... read more »

• OOPhoto - Another Attempt At Learning Object Oriented Programming (OOP) In ColdFusion

  Posted on Jul 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM

  I like this! Looking forward to seeing how this app comes together and the input from the community.... read more »

• jQuery 1.2.6 Even Better!

  Posted on Jun 6, 2008 at 8:30 AM

  Well, it got a little bigger :) But 30k (packed) is not bad considering it now includes the dimensions plugin (which rocks).... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on May 14, 2008 at 11:21 AM

  Yes - just something Mark hasn't got to (yet). I know it can be done because Aptana has decent controls - color, bold, italic, etc over each of it's editors - CSS, HTML, etc.... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on May 14, 2008 at 9:45 AM

  Unfortunately in CFEclipse you can only control color - not font attributes for the editor.... read more »

• More On Data Validation - Translating Error Messages

  Posted on May 8, 2008 at 10:03 AM

  Looking forward to seeing how people handle this... I'm running into similar issues trying to use jQuery to do client side validation - but then I still have to do something server side...... read more »

• ClearCode Standards Project

  Posted on Apr 29, 2008 at 10:19 PM

  This would be a neat option in most editors/IDEs - "Alphabetize attributes"...... read more »