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In full X-Mas spirit, here is my X-Mas Gift to the ColdFusion Community: ColdBox 2.6.2 Final Release codename series "FAITH". 

This is a major maintenance release that is full of joy and goodies.  There have been over 33 critical fixes to the core, over 4 major sample applications added, over 5 more documentation guides and

Do you like code deploys to servers? Do you really enjoy them or do you dislike them because of all the hoopla you need to do to get the new code up and running? Need to clean some cache, clean some directory, run some scripts?  Well, not anymore!

ColdBox 2.6.2 introduces a new interceptor called the Deploy Interceptor.  This interceptor's only purpose is to help you do deploys to a server or cluster of servers a total breeze.  It can even run specific tasks right befor...

The new Transfer Loader interceptor in the up-coming ColdBox 2.6.2 will provide you with a very easy way to configure Transfer ORM in your application and use it from ColdSpring or LightWire. How easy? This easy? Open your coldbox configuration file and try to add the following, of course season to your own taste: /${Setting: AppMapping not found}/config/transfer.xml.cfm /${Setting: AppMapping not found}/config/definitions blogDSN For those who are wondering what ${Setting: AppMapping not found} means, it means that in ColdBox 2.6.2 you can re-use ANY setting within other settings and interceptor properties, much like how you do ${} replacements in ColdSpring and Lightwire, but on the coldbox.xml.

I posted the Munich CBOX-100 pictures in our Flickr group this weekend but I forgot to blog about it. If you would like to see them, just go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmajano/tags/cbox100munich2008/

Thanks to all the attendees for making this a great training!!