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Cordova, Plugins, and Determining What Supports What
Earlier today a user on the Cordova development list asked if plugins are tested against only the current release of the SDK. This brought up an interesting discussion that I'm summarizing here....
View ArticleUX question, handling notifications
Ok, just a random note. I was going to post this on Google+ but figured I'd get a broader reach here on my blog. Lately I've run into two sites that handle notifications in a way that kinda bug me. I...
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Ionic has a CDN (use with caution)
I kinda stumbled upon this by accident, but Ionic has a CDN you can find here: http://code.ionicframework.com/ As you can imagine, it contains links for JavaScript and CSS resources and lets you grab...
View ArticleFiguring out what version of Cordova created a project
Earlier today a user on Twitter asked how one could determine the version of Cordova used to create a project. As far as I knew there wasn't really a way to determine this, especially since there are...
View ArticleColdFusion Jedi is no more...
I've already had multiple people ping me about this so I thought it was a good idea to make sure folks knew I was aware. I have not used the coldfusionjedi.com domain in a long time, but each year I...
View ArticleCreativeSDK (really) Launches
So a while ago I mentioned I was working on the CreativeSDK project. My role is to help out with documentation, including tweaks to the API guides and writing articles. As someone still pretty new to...
View ArticleCordova and Large Asset Downloads - An Abstract
Doing something a bit different today. A PhoneGap user contacted me yesterday with an interesting problem. He and I discussed it over a quick Google Hangout, and I thought I'd write up some thoughts...
View ArticleTiming out users by role in a ColdFusion Application
Late last month a reader asked me if it was possible to override the session timeout so that he could provide different time outs based on a user role. As far as I know there is no direct way of doing...
View ArticleBug with queryExecute - use with caution
One of the nicer features in ColdFusion 11 was the addition of queryExecute. It lets you run a query from cfscript easier than using the component based system that was added in the past. However, a...
View ArticleAnother bug with queryExecute - Threads
Wow, not a good morning for one of my favorite new features of ColdFusion 11. This morning I reported on a bug found with queryExecute by a user on StackOverflow. I did some more digging and found...
View ArticleCordova, the Camera plugin, AngularJS, and Ninja Cats.
Just a random tip for folks who may run into this in the future. I'm working on a mobile app for a client and I'm using both Cordova and AngularJS. The application allows people to select a photo from...
View ArticleMy review of Ionic's Visual Application Builder
Let me begin by saying that - like most developers I think - I have a pretty strong distrust for visual builders for applications. I've been burned by too many tools that create something pretty on...
View ArticleDelaying an Edge Animate asset until visible - Part 6
Welcome back to the thread that won't die. I've blogged (see related links below) about this topic six times now. It started off as something simple - making an Edge Animate animation wait to run...
View ArticleNunjucks templating by Mozilla
This is mainly just a FYI type post, but earlier this week I discovered Nunjucks, a client-side templating language by Mozilla. I've been pretty much sold on Handlebars as my template language, but...
View ArticleThoughts on Integrating Ionic into an Existing Application
Earlier this week a user asked me a question about integrating Ionic into an existing application. @raymondcamden - Do you have a resource which documents how to integrate ionic into a current...
View ArticleOOO for a bit so why not say hi to each other?
As I despise email auto responders I'll use this as my official OOO (Out Of Office) notification for the next two weeks. I do not expect to be blogging at all. I probably won't be on Twitter. Emails...
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My Modern Web Conference presentation is now available online
As the title says, my presentation from the Modern Web Conference is now available to watch online. I've embedded it below. You can find the complete list of videos here.
View Articleself.getFamily().addOne().addOne()
As I've mentioned almost every year, November is "National Adoption Month." My wife and I have grown our family via adoption. It is an incredibly wonderful experience and one I'd recommend to anyone....
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