The Archives
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05.27.08GoodiesThe ACME Guide Written by Stephen Collins and downloaded over 2000 times since March 2006, The ACME Guide (.pdf, ~7.5Mb) 3rd Edition is a valuable resource for ColdFusion developers of all levels. It provides detailed instructions on how to prepare a PC or Mac workstation for development using ColdFusion and several Open Source tools including the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and Eclipse. Reaching the Peak Presented at webDU 2006, this session covers development using the ACME toolset. You can view the paper from that session here (.pdf, ~1Mb). Configuring a Mac Intel Development Environment with multiple ColdFusion instances Originally blogged, this valuable guide (.pdf, ...
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08.09.06Best web developer toolsA week or so ago (?) there was a post on digg, or Slashdot, or mezzoblue, or somewhere discussing the best tools for web developers. The post focussed on a key set of Firefox extensions, but if I recall correctly, also branched out into some desktop apps as well. They may have all been open source/freeware/shareware. Can anyone point me back at the article? Meantime, has anyone taken a good look at Aptana? Particularly the Eclipse extension? It looks pretty comprehensive, but I just haven't had the opportunity to play as yet.
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02.03.06Flex 2 Beta 1 and Eclipse 3.2M4 - can’t play together?I'm using the latest milestone release of the Eclipse IDE, and when I tried to install Flex 2 Beta 1 in plugin mode, the install to Eclipse fails, as it expects an Eclipse 3.1 build and the components that go with it. Judging by the error messages in the log, it seems it won't install on an Eclipse 3.2 build. Does anyone know of a way to install the Flex 2 Beta Eclipse components to bypass the checks? Is there an Eclipse components only to be obtained somewhere?
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12.01.05Mac ACME comingI'm setting up my ACME environment on my new Powerbook at the moment (in my copious spare time) and am very nearly there. It's been quite the learning experience as I get my head around the new environment, refresh my *nix skills and discover the source of the best packages of all the ACME software, plus other bits and pieces. All of this experience will make its way into the next edition of The ACME Guide, which I plan to write over the break and release at WebDU. It will be a major update, as when it's finished, The ...
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11.29.05WebDU presentation - now I’m beggingDetails of the presentation I'll be giving at WebDU 2006 - Reaching the Peak - developing on the ACME platform - are now available on the WebDU site. I've asked a couple of times before for information on what people want to see in this presentation and got nothing. So now I'm begging! Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease give me some indication of what you'd like to see if you were to attend this presentation. Even if you're not going to WebDU. I'll be making the presentation available on this site, so it'll be here for everyone to see. Here's what I'd ...
