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Google Sitemaps bug

May 28 2009 by Marc Funaro

Is your Google News Sitemap getting read by Google, but Google indexes none of the URLs?  Here's one potential reason why.

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Posted in SEO | 1 comments

Working with a cfajaxproxy, ColdFusion recordset as JSON

May 28 2009 by Marc Funaro

If you're passing a JSON-formatted ColdFusion recordset, there are two different ways to get to your recordset in Javascript.  Here are both.

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Posted in ColdFusion | snippets | 1 comments

(User) Interface Driven Design/Development Sucks

May 23 2009 by Marc Funaro

Read on about why Interface Driven Design/Development should be something you give some serious brain-time.

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Posted in Engineering | 5 comments

Vote NO on Prop "ORM"

May 22 2009 by Marc Funaro

I can't stay silent on it...

The roadmap for CF9 includes an ORM, and has for a while.  I'm sure it's pretty much a given at this point.  But still... What A Bad Idea.

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Posted in ColdFusion | OO | 10 comments

How OO Almost Destroyed My Business

May 20 2009 by Marc Funaro

By today's standards, this post is blasphemy.  It will draw the ire of OO enthusiasts, ColdFusion or otherwise.  It will make you spit out your coffee, shake your fist in the air and shout "Kahn!!! KAHNNN!!!!"... only it'll probably be my name instead.

But if you are a small development shop (read: A handful of people or less, right down to the lone programmer), it could save your business.  And perhaps even your sanity.

I'm talking about how Object Oriented Programming killed the fun that was ColdFusion programming; how it put a bullethole right in the forehead of my productivity; how it created an unwarranted sense of doubt in every project.  Yes, this is about how OO almost destroyed my business... and how you can avoid the same pitfalls.

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Posted in ColdFusion | OO | 134 comments