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For those of you interested in testing the upcoming 1.2.0 ColdBox release, please download it from the repository and give me your feedback. I have just finished uploading a stable version. Some of the new and interesting features are the following:

ColdBox Event Handler Caching

If you thought that ColdBox was a fast framework, well it just got faster. With the flick of a new setting HandlerCaching your application will cache the event handlers. This o...

This is more of an announcement of the upcoming 1.2.0 features. Since event handler caching will be instilled into the framework, the performance is dramatic. It actually, does not make sense to be creating event handlers for each request. So version 1.2.0 will be the last version to support uncached handlers. The versions after 1.2.0 will have caching of handlers by default. I see no benefit of not caching the handlers. And they can easily be recreated by using fwreinit= url command So. Since event handler caching actually changes A LOT in event execution. The methods will receive the request collection object, instead of the handler being injected with it at creation. What does this imply? Well, mainly the 'rc' scope will become deprecated. You can keep it, however, you must var scope it locally. Example: var rc = arguments.oRC (or whatever the argument is named, still pending)

My good friend and collaborator Aaron Conran, just posted a very interesting article on how to migrate your fusebox apps to coldbox. Also it explains some of the benefits you achieve. You can find the article here Transitioning from Fusebox to ColdBox

I have just updated the install guide for Coldbox in which I define some alternate installation methods. I know not everybody has the same server setups and people need options. So I have written a very detailed guide on how to alter the files in order to accomodate different server installs. If you find a mistake in the process or you have found an alternate way of installation, please let me know. I will be v...

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

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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 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.

As you know, ColdBox is now fully supported for BlueDragon and Railo. However, to port it was a bit tedious when it came to the auto-registration engine for handlers, since I need to traverse the handlers directory recursively and create an array of handlers. This is so easy in Adobe ColdFusion, but BlueDragon and Railo, does not support it (BD 6, railo 1). Here is the Adobe ColdFusion code: That is awesome!! So easy!! Well, to do it the Java Way, takes some patience and w...

Hello Documentation Fans!! (Silence....) I guess there are none!! Anyways, I have just spend most of my precious time updating almost all of the guides and content of the wiki for the upcoming 2.0.0 release. So you can head over to the ColdBox Trac Site and get your fix on all types of new, revised and out of hand...

I just finalized two very important guides that I know you will enjoy.

ColdBox ColdSpring Integration Guide

A complete guide of interacting with coldspring from coldbox, how to use it, sample code and features.

Logger Plugin: How to trace messages to the debug Panel

An informative guide of how to trace custom and dynamic messages to the coldbox debugging panel. Enjoy this two new great guides. More will be posted soon. The 2.0.0 release is reachin...