Well, Ladies and Gentleman, another beta roundup. This beta includes FULL BlueDragon Support as of version 6.2.X So all you BlueDragon users and fans, this one is for you!!

You can take a look at the following link for some know issues which have to do with external apps out of my control:

ColdBox System Requirements

I also changed the registration mechanisms to a more java oriented recursion and it works great. A few fixes also to some sample applications and more documentation. Ohh, it also includes the OpenSearch plugin and a new ColdBox Wallpaper.

So enjoy this beta. Also as a tease, the next beta will include the ColdBox Dashboard (FINALLY!!) Well, it takes time, so give me a break. I am porting it to JQuery, so that is why it takes so long.

Anyways, Click here to get this beta

Enjoy this beta and leave your comments and suggestions here or in the forums. Also, the guides in the documentation get updated daily until the 2.0.0 final release. And by the way, there are over 100 pages of documentation on the wiki as of today. Wow!! I do like documentation!!

Viva la Documentacion!!

God Bless.

You definitely have to check out Michael's blog for his tutorials on ColdBox. They are easy to follow, direct and fun. His attention to detail is great and you will definitely get a sense of what ColdBox can do for you or you company.

So head over to asuFusion.com and check out this series of tutorials by Michael. You will not be disappointed.

You can now have the full framework documentation search right on your browser. Head over to www.coldboxframework.com to get the OpenSearch Plugin. With this tool you will be able to search all of the framework's documentation right off your browser. Pretty nifty hugh!!

Well, enjoy and thanks again.

God Bless

UPDATED: The download had a wrong URL. You can try to install it now. This only works for ie7 and firefox.

Well ladies and gentleman, another beta build is ready for usage. This beta is stabler than ever and introducing the pre/post handler features. The naming conventions have been re-done and slowly but surely the documentation keeps getting updated. Every day new content is placed in the wiki and will be finalized soon. So please keep checking the documentation.

Another neat feature is that a google search has been added to the www.coldboxframework.com site, so you can search all the documentation. This has also been added to the www.luismajano.com site.

Again, enjoy this build, I expect your comments and suggestions. The final build is almost there.

The binaries can be found by clicking here.

Thanks again,

Proverbs 10:31-32:

31 The mouth of the righteous (those harmonious with God) brings forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down (as a barren and rotten tree).

32 The lips of the (uncompromisingly) righteous know (and therefore utter) what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows (and therefore speaks only) what is obstinately willful and contrary.

God Bless

Luis Majano

I am finalizing the latest beta for 2.0 and it will be available this week. One new feature that will be available is the addition of pre/post event handlers for a requested event.

What does this mean? Well, once an event is requested to the framework, let's say its "ehTools.dspTree". Then the framework will execute the dspTree method in the ehTools event handler.

Now, you can declare two new methods in the ehTools event handler: 1) preHandler 2)postHandler

Inside of those two new methods you will place any logic that will be executed before/after any requested event in that event handler cfc. This is a great way to implicitly run events before and after a requested event. You can even filter the type of logic you would like to execute inside of these methods by looking into the context object and seeing the event that was executed.

This is a great addition to the framework and I expect your comments on this addition. You can find the ticket

Read it and let me know your thoughts

Well, as promised, more documentation is now available to support the upcoming 2.0.0 release. Here is a breakdown of the updated guides:

• Coldbox Overview Guide
• Coldbox Features & Capabilities
• Coldbox System Requirements
• Coldbox FAQ
• Coldbox Compatibility Guide for 2.0.0
• Coldbox Install Guide
• Coldbox Settings Guide
• Coldbox Config.xml Guide
• Coldbox URL Actions Guide

Here is a listing of new guides:

• Coldbox Caching Guide (In progress)
• Caching Objects Example (completed)

Click here to go to the trac site and read these guides.

More will be updated soon, so please be patient and keep enjoying the 2.0.0 beta.