May 22 2010

Adobe ColdFusion Builder 1.0 Update

Adobe has released an update for ColdFusion Builder.

View the readme file here:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/846/cpsid_84607.html

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 10:35 PM - Categories: ColdFusion Builder | ColdFusion | Adobe

Mar 22 2010

Adobe ColdFusion Builder Released

Adobe has released ColdFusion Builder.

"Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ software is a highly customizable, Eclipse™ based IDE that enables developers to build ColdFusion applications faster than ever before. It also allows them to save time by managing the entire ColdFusion development cycle from concept to production with one easy-to-use tool."

ColdFusion Builder Features

ColdFusion Builder System Requirements

ColdFusion Builder FAQs

ColdFusion Builder Forum

ColdFusion Builder Forum

Try ColdFusion Builder

Buy ColdFusion Builder

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 3:25 PM - Categories: ColdFusion Builder | ColdFusion | Adobe

Jan 20 2010

Adobe Community Professional 2010

Looks like I made the list again, thank you Adobe!

http://lizfrederick.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-acps-for-2010.html

Looking forward to a good 2010.

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 8:29 AM - Categories: Adobe

Jan 5 2010

Windows 7 Testing Server Tutorials

I made the following tutorials to help folks set up a CIMP-le local testing server on their Windows 7 computer.

The tutorials are meant to be followed in the order they are posted here.

Install IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 64-bit

Install PHP 5.3.1 on Windows 7 64-bit

Install MySQL 5.1.41 on Windows 7 64-bit

Install ColdFusion 9 on Windows 7 64-bit

Create a New Web Site on IIS 7.5

The CIMP in my little acronym stands for:

C - ColdFusion
I - Internet Information Services (IIS)
M - MySQL
P - PHP

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 4:35 PM - Categories: IIS 7.5 | Tutorials | ColdFusion

Dec 17 2009

Adobe ColdFusion Builder Beta 3 Released

Adobe ColdFusion Builder Beta 3 has been released on Adobe Labs.

Get it here.

Here is some info from the release notes:

New and Changed Features in ColdFusion Builder Beta 3

This release of ColdFusion Builder includes the following new and changed features:

Upgraded Standalone configuration

With this release, the Standalone configuration of ColdFusion Builder is upgraded to a later version of Eclipse - Eclipse™ 3.5.1

Code Assist for ColdFusion ORM

ColdFusion Builder provides Code Assist for many ColdFusion ORM settings. For more details, see Code Assist for ColdFusion ORM.

Enhanced SQL Editor

The SQL Editor now lets you execute SQL statements and display the results within the SQL Editor. For more information, see Using SQL Editor.

Extensions view

Use the Extensions view to install, uninstall, import, and reload extensions. For more information about using the Extensions view, see Using the Extensions view.

Support for ExtJS 3.0 libraries

You can now import ExtJS 3.0 libraries with samples. For more information on importing Ajax libraries, see Import Ajax libraries.

AIR application development

ColdFusion Builder now supports AIR application development. You can create projects, run or debug, package, and sign the AIR application. For more information, see Developing AIR applications.

Optimizing ColdFusion Builder performance

The preference options that you select affect the performance of ColdFusion Builder. For faster editor performance, you can apply preset editor preferences. For more details on the preset editor preferences, see Optimizing ColdFusion Builder performance.

ColdFusion Builder Help system

The ColdFusion Builder Help system now uses Adobe Community Help Client - Adobe's next-generation Help experience. Community Help Client (CHC) is an AIR application that is configured with ColdFusion Builder to provide ColdFusion Builder and ColdFusion 9 Help content.

Some of the key features of the Community Help Air application are:

  • Up-to-date definitive reference content online and offline. You can download Help content directly to your desktop to use and search offline.
  • Relevant content contributed by experts from the Adobe community
  • Ability to comment on, rate, and contribute to content in the Adobe community
  • Locate code examples with integrated code search
  • Content updates and feature enhancements without reinstalling the AIR application

For more information about using the new ColdFusion Help system, see ColdFusion Builder Help System.

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 7:45 AM - Categories: ColdFusion Builder | ColdFusion | Adobe

Oct 7 2009

ColdFusion Builder on Mac OS X 10.6.1 and Virtual Hosts

I'm not sure if my Mac development setup is like anybody else's setup but I was having issues getting the ColdFusion Builder Beta 2 working in my environment.

First, let me tell you how I have my MacBook Pro setup for development. I am using the native Apache in OS X 10.6.1 with ColdFusion 9, MySQL and PHP installed and running. I run all of my development sites out of the Sites folder and I use Virtual Hosts that are defined in the httpd-vhosts.conf file. They look like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@fordwebs.com
DocumentRoot "/Users/kenneth/Sites/builder"
ServerName builder.dev
ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/builder.dev-error_log"
CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/builder.dev-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

The sites are also defined in the hosts file like this:

127.0.0.1 builder.dev

The problem I was having in the ColdFusion Builder Beta 2 was in defining the Server for my Projects.

The solution that I came up with is documented on this page.

Hope that this solution helps someone else and reduces their stress level of learning and testing the ColdFusion Builder Beta 2.

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 6:13 PM - Categories: ColdFusion Builder

Oct 5 2009

Adobe ColdFusion Builder Beta 2

Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ is the highly-anticipated first ColdFusion IDE offered by Adobe. Adobe ColdFusion Builder is an Eclipse based IDE for ColdFusion development that is deeply integrated with ColdFusion 9. Now you can manage your entire ColdFusion development cycle from concept to production all in one easy to use tool.

Recent Updates

ColdFusion Builder beta 2 was released on October 5, 2009. This release provides enhancements, fixes and performance improvements over ColdFusion Builder beta 1.

Download ColdFusion Builder Beta 2

0 comments - Posted by Ken Ford at 4:35 PM - Categories: ColdFusion Builder | Adobe