When adding datasources to the Cold Fusion Administrator, one might encounter the following error:
 

 
Solution
The browse server functionality uses the RDS server in Cold Fusion. I wish they would display a huge warning during installation to warn users that without RDS, … Continue reading →

It has been 10 years since I did coldfusion development. What I liked most about CF was the ease of getting installed and started. It would take all of 15 minutes to fire up your CF Administrator – and ensure … Continue reading →

Introduction
(From Microsoft’s Azure Documentation) -  Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS.
Session Management
Prior to cloud computing, there were only 3 … Continue reading →

Some of the more popular tools out there include LoadRunner and Fiddler. Both of these have a bit of a learning curve. When you want to run a stress test, you just want to run a stress test – not … Continue reading →

Say you want to display a contact email on your website – but are worried about crawlers, spammers etc. picking it up and making your life miserable. There’s a few workarounds – but this one is about as elegant as … Continue reading →

Viewing AJAX call results in Firebug
Assuming you have loaded the page that contains the javascript (ajax call) – and that your call has been fired, how do you look at the results of the call?

Open Firebug in a new window … Continue reading →

Introduction
Imagine a tool that wrote all your CREATE, READ, UPDATE, DELETE (tool that writes CRUD) statements for you. Imagine that this tool that writes CRUD was smart enough to look at the relational model of your database, figure out each … Continue reading →

Conclusion

If your application relies on rich user controls (either 3rd party or your own in-house controls), WebForms may be the best option. The reports of WebForms being un-testable are greatly exaggerated – and one can … Continue reading →

Web Forms Web Application Advantages
The old ASP.NET Web Forms framework is a mature framework that is being used in a lot of applications and web sites. The advantages of Web
Forms are:

State Management – in Web Forms state management … Continue reading →

“Hello World” with ASP.Net MVC
This is a simple hello world example with ASP.NET MVC, to help you build your first application step by step.We’ll create a web application with two additional views – the first will ask for your name, … Continue reading →