• Your Javascript Constructor Logic May Break Prototypal Inheritance

    Updated: 2011-04-28 16:09:00
    Yesterday, I was playing around with extending the EventEmitter class in Node.js when it suddenly occurred to me that I didn't know enough about the implementation of the EventEmitter constructor. It might seem strange to worry about the constructor mechanics, as the implementation of the constructor is supposed to be encapsulated; but, my fear was due to t ... ead More raquo;

  • Enums with Abstract Methods

    Updated: 2011-04-27 07:03:23
    From the “I didn’t know that was possible” department: Apparently by defining an abstract method on an enum the actual values can provide their own implementations of that method. Discovered this recently while digging around in some open source project. Handy.

  • Creating Remote ColdFusion Component (Web Service) Proxies In Node.js

    Updated: 2011-04-21 20:32:00
    The other day, I blogged about using the ColdFusion Socket Gateway to communicate between a Node.js (V8) and a ColdFusion (J2EE) application on the same server. I had wanted to use Sockets so that I could use "localhost" and a port number without having to worry about different domain names. But would that be so bad? What if, rather than using Sockets, I used ... ead More raquo;

  • Using Positional URL Arguments When Invoking A ColdFusion Web Service

    Updated: 2011-04-21 16:01:00
    A couple of months ago, I was super excited to find out that you could use an ArgumentCollection URL parameter when invoking a ColdFusion web service . Yesterday, I took that excitement up a notch when I discovered that this same approach to ColdFusion web services works with positional arguments. And, not only does the ArgumentCollection URL parameter work ... ead More raquo;

  • HiFi on Forrst

    Updated: 2011-04-21 14:56:13
    Why HiFi Features Examples Pricing Try HiFi About Blog Partners Support Contact Us Join our HiFi mailing list to receive the latest news updates HiFi on Forrst 3 Comment(s Posted April 21, 2011 by Joel Sutherland Development Design We've been working away , readying our next major release that will provide better support for agencies and those managing multiple sites . While this has been in the works , our team discovered Forrst It has turned out to be a great community of people interested in web design development as a whole , not just some part of it . We've been putting up some of our ideas and feature screenshots and have been getting some great : feedback Web Based Theme Editor using Ace CMS Panel Buttons in Pure CSS Updated CMS Header We've also had some good conversations about

  • Using URL re-writing to provide friendly 404 error screens

    Updated: 2011-04-21 00:30:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 21 A P R 2011 Using URL re-writing to provide friendly 404 error screens Posted By Shaun McCran Related Categories : Regular Expressions Isapi rewrite Coldfusion A while ago I wrote a blog entry about changing the 404, page not found , handler in IIS http : www.mccran.co.uk index.cfm 2010 3 2 Changing-the-404-template-handler-in-IIS More recently I've moved some hosting to a Linux based server , and I didn't have the same server side options available to me . The problem I've had setting up a global 404 handler is that I can setup a front end friendly error page easily enough , but the method used to set it up hugely affects my ability to actually report what the error was . For example in

  • Book preview: JQuery 1.4 Animation Techniques: Beginners Guide

    Updated: 2011-04-17 22:46:00
    , , , : : : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 17 A P R 2011 Book preview : JQuery 1.4 Animation Techniques : Beginners Guide Posted By Shaun McCran Related Categories : JQuery I've just been sent a preview copy of the new JQuery 1.4 Animation techniques : beginners Guide from Packt publishing . It is pitched : as print about ColdFISH is developed by Jason Delmore . Source code and license information available at coldfish.riaforge.org Quickly master all of jQuery's animation methods and build a toolkit of ready-to-use animations using jQuery 1.4 1 Quickly master all of jQuery's animation methods and build a toolkit of ready-to-use animations using jQuery 1.4 I'll be reading through it over the Easter break and putting a review up

  • Triggering functions when closing a fancybox pop up

    Updated: 2011-04-13 09:35:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 13 A P R 2011 Triggering functions when closing a fancybox pop up Posted By Shaun McCran Related Categories : JQuery Javascript The FancyBox JQuery plugin is a popular lightbox style plugin that allows you a variety of options to pop' different types of content up into a users view . I needed to have the parent page change when the user had performed an action within the pop up . But how to do this FancyBox http : fancybox.net has a onClosed' option to allow you to embed a function call whenever the user closes the lightbox . The format of this is a little tricky , so here is an example : print about ColdFISH is developed by Jason Delmore . Source code and license information available at

  • Using Custom Fields to Create Easily Managed Page Layouts

    Updated: 2011-04-08 20:30:00
    Why HiFi Features Examples Pricing Try HiFi About Blog Partners Support Contact Us Join our HiFi mailing list to receive the latest news updates Using Custom Fields to Create Easily Managed Page Layouts 0 Comment(s Posted April 8, 2011 by Patrick Clarke HiFi CMS I don't like to see my clients attempt to implement a layout using inline css and tables . This is certainly true when their layouts contain regular and repeated pieces of content . Not only does the site get sloppy , but end-users and my team can exhaust a lot of time and effort in trying to make it right , unnecessarily . The cleanest solution to this problem is to make the content more structured and leave the layout concerns to the web team . This is exactly why HiFi's Custom Fields . exist When I set out to put Security Self

  • Quick Tip on Global Scope and jQuery

    Updated: 2011-04-08 01:34:29
    Before launch of a new site, I always take the time to run my JavaScript through a checker. Personally, I use JS Lint. It’s not the prettiest thing, but it works great to pick up small errors and elements of bad practice. You’ll get alerts like “unused variable”, “don’t use eval(), it’s evil”, “implied global”. [...]

  • Returning NULL Values In JSON Using SerializeJSON() And ColdFusion

    Updated: 2011-04-05 15:29:00
    As I've been setting up a JSON-RPC (Remote Procedure Call) API for a ColdFusion project, I've been learning a few little tips and trips about JSON formation. Last week, I talked about how struct keys defined using array-notation maintain case during serialization . This week, in accordance with the JSON-RPC spec, I learned that you can return NULL JSON values by stor ... ead More raquo;

  • 5-minute Challenges for Quickly Trying HiFi's Developer Features

    Updated: 2011-04-04 16:52:57
    Why HiFi Features Examples Pricing Try HiFi About Blog Partners Support Contact Us Join our HiFi mailing list to receive the latest news updates 5-minute Challenges for Quickly Trying HiFi's Developer Features 0 Comment(s Posted April 4, 2011 by Kris Jordan Do you have 5 minutes to try a CMS that will open up new creative opportunities for your firm's work We put together these 5-minute Challenges for you to quickly get a sense of HiFi's power . Each challenge covers an interesting feature that would take significant effort , an assortment of 3rd party plugins , or simply wouldn't be possible at all , using any of our competitors' software . These challenge are just a hint at how HiFi will help you deliver higher quality work to your clients , . faster Challenge 1 : nbsp Can you

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