Nando

Recent Blog Comments By Nando

• After 2013, I'm Looking Forward To 2014

  Posted on Feb 7, 2014 at 6:45 AM

  Ben, I can certainly relate to the stress you experience, running my own company as well. I want everything to work perfectly for clients, and given the complexity of what we do, not all of which is in our direct control, that's quite a tall order. I also experience difficulty sleeping (but only so... read more »

• How Do You Populate Shared Views In A Complex Layout Using MVC?

  Posted on Jul 13, 2012 at 7:01 AM

  By the way, I've been using MVC in CF for many years as part and parcel of the Fusebox, ModelGlue and FW/1 frameworks. I've tried some of the more complex variations to architecture that folks have recommended over time, but when I have to come back to the code months or years later, I get _really_ ... read more »

• How Do You Populate Shared Views In A Complex Layout Using MVC?

  Posted on Jul 12, 2012 at 4:10 PM

  Ben, The simplest way to do this is to have the controller request the data for each content area from the service layer (using 2 method calls) and then pass it on to the view in a struct. If the data for the secondary content area is to be cached, then that can be handled by the service. If you ... read more »

• Object Calisthenics In JavaScript - My First Attempt

  Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:57 AM

  Ben, where do you get the time to do s**t like this? ;-)... read more »

• Using ImagePunch() And ImageIntersect() With ColdFusion

  Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:53 AM

  Very interesting. I'm struggling to come up with a use case tho'. What is this being used for? Or what could this be used for?... read more »

• ColdFusion 10 - Don't Use Dynamic Query Values In CFLoop

  Posted on Apr 19, 2012 at 5:42 AM

  @Sam - If you're not worried about scoping your code, I envy the simplicity of the apps you build and maintain!... read more »

• ColdFusion 10 - Don't Use Dynamic Query Values In CFLoop

  Posted on Apr 19, 2012 at 5:26 AM

  Seeing the back and forth arguments here, I'd comment that whether or not scoping query variables is a wise choice depends on context. Simple examples are shown here that may not reflect the complex code that some of us deal with (not necessarily in a view!!). I also understand that scoped variables... read more »

• Use jQuery's SlideDown() With Fixed-Width Elements To Prevent Jumping

  Posted on Oct 2, 2011 at 3:17 PM

  Anna, Something about layouts and tables for you http://www.halhelms.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/10/28/CSS-Sanity-from-Zed-Shaw... read more »

• Performing Query-Of-Queries Using ColdFusion 9's Query.cfc Component

  Posted on Jul 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM

  Ben, thanks for the very clear and concise post. As for jumping thru hoops, the more I use cfscript, the more I prefer it for relatively complex logic. For me there is simply less visual noise on the page. In this case, I like having the capability to remain in cfscipt rather than mixing tags and s... read more »