CFGRID without CF8: Ext.CFC

Categories: ColdFusion 8, Ext, Javascript

A while back I decided that it would be cool to write an Ext CFC that would perform all most of the interfacing between ColdFusion and the Ext JS library.  This was so long ago, that I don’t even remember when I started working on the project in my free time.   I looked at the created date of the file, and it looks like I started this on April 17, 2007 (which might have been before Adobe announced that CF8’s <CFGRID> was to use the Ext library).  Anyways, a fellow ColdFusion programmer, Isaac Sunkes, was asking about using the Ext library without CF8, which brought back the memories of working on this CFC.  So, without further ado…

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Packing light with Lightbox and PWC

Categories: AJAX, Javascript, Prototype, Web2.0

If you have ever hiked long distances you realize just how important it is to pack light.  The same is true when you are carrying a lot of JavaScript on your site, especially if your site is using various JS libraries.

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