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RESTful Services versus SOAP or XML-RPC 3 years ago

The purpose of this blog posting is a quick review, for myself, on the differences and the advantages and disadvantages of RESTful services versus SOAP or XML-RPC. When is it appropriate to be using RESTful services? When is it appropriate to use SOAP? Well, if you are consuming web services, …

Some Useful Links for maintaining an Windows XP System 3 years ago

This is low level general purpose stuff, which may be off-topic, but hopefully will prove useful to somebody. I have had to re-locate these sites a couple of times, so at least, they remain here as a reference for me. My adventures began with the purchase of a notebook computer with [...]

Naming Conventions for Data Objects 3 years ago

One of the things that was at once striking to me about David H’s description of the Ruby on Rails recipe was his headfirst launch into the data object naming conventions. They were as follows (this is not complete. For a more complete list, see : …

ColdFusion Unit Testing Frameworks 3 years ago

I am starting from scratch, putting in a unit testing framework, and working within the existing organization’s culture to introduce enough of the tool’s benefits without burdening the organization with too many of the downsides. Everything ha

Flash Creations - a quick catalog 3 years ago

With no clear category to post these in, but wanting to share with those who may visit, and bookmark for a reminder to myself, here are “galleries” of beautiful, and instructive, actionscript creations.  Most of these are provided along with

ColdFusion 8 ValueObjects vs Typed Structs for Flex … 3 years ago

ColdFusion Objects transfer nicely over to Flex, making the remote data connection for Flex run like a dream.  It can get out of hand, however, when there are a large number of Objects to return from ColdFusion, for example, an array of ValueObjects, wh

ColdFusion ValueObjects vs Typed Structs for Flex … 3 years ago

ColdFusion Objects transfer nicely over to Flex, making the remote data connection for Flex run like a dream.  It can get out of hand, however, when there are a large number of Objects to return from ColdFusion, for example, an array of ValueObjects, wh

CFSCRIPT - The little language that … 3 years ago

To quote Ben Forta in 2004: “<CFSCRIPT> today is in a strange place. ” (http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=e&entry=1416) I don’t think much has changed in that regard. The fact is, Macromedia ColdFusion stopped part

Get Outta my namespace (revisited) 3 years ago

Earlier, I discussed some of the problems/issues with Flex Builder’s default configuration of outputting the swf into the “bin” folder. (see Get Outta My Namespace). Operationally, the dot Net server’s claim to the “binR

CF8 in Notepad++ (Continued) 3 years ago

I’ve uploaded a new package to: http://labs.soundrage.com/CF8NPP.zip It includes a chm for CF8 help, the bulk of the size. It’s servicable, but the conversion from html to chm was not perfect. It includes a script for Inno Setup, which I won&