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Reviewing Azure Maps for Developers - Is Azure Maps the Right Choice?
Over the past few months, I have been developing Azure Maps to migrate away from Bing Maps, and I would like to share my impressions and experiences.
Extending ColdFusion and Lucee Application CFCs in the Root Directory
The application framework in Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee is quite powerful; however, there are some complications when trying to extend functionality to application components that reside in the web root directory.
A Modern Way to Get the Page URL With ColdFusion and Lucee Using the PageContext Java Object
In this article, I will demonstrate how to retrieve page properties using the PageContext object, which is available in ColdFusion and Lucee. This is a much more modern and efficient method than using CGI variables, which are often unreliable.
Introducing GalaxieCache -- A Wickedly Fast Caching Engine for ColdFusion and Lucee
GalaxieCache is a wickedly fast custom tag that saves generated partial page content as a static page to the file system or RAM. Depending on your usage, GalaxieCache is one of the fastest caching solutions and uses native ColdFusion and Lucee cfinclude's to render the content.
Bypassing e.slice is not a function Errors When Working With Complex JSON Objects in Kendo UI
In this article, I will discuss how to work with complex JSON objects when using Kendo UI
Spring 2025 Galaxie Blog Update and Roadmap
I wanted to provide a quick update and share a roadmap for Galaxie Blog.
Getting the Clients IP Address Using Lucee and ColdFusion
As a long-term ColdFusion developer, I have used CGI environment variables for the last twenty years to extract IP addresses and client variables. However, in this day and age, getting the IP address is much more complex and is no longer a trivial issue.
Bypassing ColdFusion and Lucees Global Script Protection When Designing a Content Management System
ColdFusion and Lucee's Global Script Protection is designed to discourage cross-site scripting attacks by replacing scripts and other potentially harmful tags in forms before sending the data to the server. However, sometimes, this can get in the way, especially when trying to develop a content management system.
Working With ColdFusion/Lucee HQL and Java HashMap Objects
In this article, I will introduce key ORM concepts and show you how to create and use Java Hashmaps with HQL