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Cordova Plugins update, and new Contacts demo
Yesterday the Cordova team released updated plugins. You can read the details here: Plugins Release: July 8, 2014. Of particular interest to me was the update to the Contacts plugin, specifically the...
View ArticleVideo example: collection-repeat performance in Ionic
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I've been raving about Ionic the past few weeks. I've played around with it a bit but haven't yet built a proper "sample" app. I still plan on doing so sometime...
View ArticleUnexpected behavior with Axis2 web services in ColdFusion
Credit for this find goes to Steve Seaquist. He and I have been discussing this over email the last few days. Ok, quiz time, look at the following CFC: component { variables.weird = 0; remote numeric...
View ArticleIssue with CFINDEX
If you use cfindex to parse a directory of files, you should be aware of a serious issue that may hit you. As you know, you can ask cfindex to return a result structure that tells you how many files...
View ArticleFirst release of Cordova Brackets extension
I blogged about this a few days ago, but I think I'm ready to really release my Cordova Brackets extension. The code is pretty much crap and it's really lacking in providing good feedback while it...
View ArticleVerified plugins site for Cordova applications
Currently the main site I use for finding Cordova plugins is plugins.cordova.io. Last week Telerik announced the creation of a new site, the Verified Plugins Marketplace. This site contains plugins...
View ArticleYet another Cordova/PhoneGap Debugging Tip
Want another way to debug Cordova/PhoneGap apps? This isn't new, but I tend to forget about this option and it came in handy yesterday so I thought I would share. When you send builds to the...
View ArticleCordova Sample: Reading a text file
A few weeks back I began a list of questions to help build a PhoneGap/Cordova File System FAQ. (More on that at the very end.) As I work through the questions I'm building little samples (like this...
View ArticleSoundings Update
So hey, remember I built an open source ColdFusion survey application? This morning someone sent in a good request and I quickly added it. Surveys may now have an "attachment" question. Basically it...
View ArticleColdFusion, isValid, Email and new TLDs
A few days ago a user reported an issue with my blog involving the comment form. Apparently he has an email address using one of the new TLDs (top level domains) that are cropping up, specifically...
View ArticleTargeting a device type with Cordova Emulate
Today I've got yet another Cordova tip that was probably known to most people. I'm working on a sample application that needs to run on an iPad, not an iPhone, but the problem was that every time I...
View ArticlePhoneGap Day US and EU Announced
For a few years now the PhoneGap team have been running a one day conference called PhoneGap Day. This is easily one of my favorite conferences. It has a very laid back vibe. The sessions are short...
View ArticleAn example of Cordova's Camera PopoverOptions
One of the interesting features in Cordova's Camera API is something called popoverOptions. While the docs do explain what this feature does, it may not be entirely clear how it works so I whipped up...
View ArticleUpdated/Relaunched site - Popular Followers
Almost two years ago I announced the launch of a new site. It was built to display a report of your followers sorted by how many followers they had. Now - I completely recognize that this isn't...
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Sunday OT - Wolfenstein: The New Order
I've been a fan of the Wolfenstein series for quite some time, and when I say "quite some time", I'm talking a long time. I remember playing the original Wolfenstein, back before it got fancy with 3D:...
View ArticleMy perspective of working with the Ionic Framework
For a while now I've been praising the the Ionic framework as one of the coolest things to happen to Cordova/PhoneGap development. I kept promising to talk about it a bit more deeply on the blog and...
View ArticleCheck out CodeSchool's Angular course
I've raved about CodeSchool before so I thought folks might be interested in knowing they have a really cool new course for AngularJS: Shaping Up with AngularJS. Best of all - the course is free. I...
View ArticleLinting your ColdFusion code
Earlier this week I discovered a new project on GitHub, CFLint. For my readers who may not be aware, linters are tools that inspect your code for bugs, best practices, and other issues. Numerous...
View ArticleRead Holly's guide to the iOS Status Bar
It's kinda funny - but something as simple as the iOS status bar can be confusing as quantum mechanics. Holly wrote a blog post, and an interactive web-based simulator, that explains the various...
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How to make a phone call via GMail
This falls under the "obvious" category (like probably most of my posts), but as I had trouble finding it before, I figured I'd share this tip. To make a phone call from GMail, with the new Hangouts...
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