http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm Steven Erat's Blog en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:27:59 -0600 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:59:00 -0600 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss talkingtree@gmail.com talkingtree@gmail.com http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/Using-the-CFC-Proxy-in-a-ColdFusion-Cluster The CFC Proxy API was introduced as a supported feature in CFMX 7.01. It allows you to call ColdFusion Components (CFCs) from Java classes such as a standalone servlet running in the same JVM. In order for this to work, the Java class must be loade... [More] ColdFusion Java Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:59:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/Using-the-CFC-Proxy-in-a-ColdFusion-Cluster http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/31/EasytoRead-Java-Memory-Management-Article Most Sun articles on Java memory management are dense and hard to read. This month's Better Software magazine on StickyMinds.com offers a 5 page article at a more intermediate level that makes digesting this topic a lot easier. The article, Your M... ColdFusion Java Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:27:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/31/EasytoRead-Java-Memory-Management-Article http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/29/CF8-Performance-64-bit In yesterday's post about configuration nuances of using a 64-bit webserver and 64-bit JVM with ColdFusion 8 on the 64-bit Sun Solaris OS, Damon Gentry posted a comment that is, frankly, way above my head. I'm curious about if there are any perf... [More] ColdFusion Java Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:47:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/29/CF8-Performance-64-bit http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/13/CFMX7-Verity-Java6 Verity doesn't work when you run ColdFusion 7 (unsupported) on Java 5 or Java 6. The problem is not in ColdFusion or Verity - it is in the venerable old Cryptix Java security provider which doesn't work with Java 5 or Java 6. Fortunately Cryptix i... [More] ColdFusion Java Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:01:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/13/CFMX7-Verity-Java6 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/23/Configuring-the-Caching-of-Hostname-Resolution-for-ColdFusion-MX ColdFusion network protocol tags such as CFHTTP, CFFTP, or CFLDAP will cache hostname-to-IP address resolution because this behavior is built into the default security properties of the JVM. For example, if your local intranet DNS server or host... [More] ColdFusion Java Tue, 23 May 2006 12:03:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/23/Configuring-the-Caching-of-Hostname-Resolution-for-ColdFusion-MX http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/22/Free-Online-Java-and-J2EE-Courses-from-JavaPassioncom Sang Shin, architect, consultant, and evangelist of Java Technology for Sun Microsystems offers free online courses in Java Programming and J2EE Development. Fortunately for me, Sang is teaching the Introduction to JSP course at Boston University wh... Learning ColdFusion Java Mon, 22 May 2006 22:44:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/22/Free-Online-Java-and-J2EE-Courses-from-JavaPassioncom http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/17/CFMX-MacOSX-JVM142 If you're running ColdFusion MX and you've installed the Java 5 update for Mac OS X during one of the regular prompts to install software updates then you will encounter problems because ColdFusion MX 6 or 7 is not supported to run on Java 5, but onl... [More] ColdFusion Java Mac OS X Wed, 17 May 2006 11:19:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/17/CFMX-MacOSX-JVM142 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/10/Completed-Certificate-of-Java-Development-at-Boston-University This week marks my completion of the Boston University training program for the Certificate of Java Development. This is the first half of a Master of Java and J2EE Certificate Program. The Java program alone consists of three courses at the Introdu... [More] Learning Rants Java Wed, 10 May 2006 22:37:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/10/Completed-Certificate-of-Java-Development-at-Boston-University http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/9/IllegalAccessError-with-CFMAIL For several days now I've been trying to get to the bottom of the error: "Error","jrpp-0", tried to access class javax.mail.internet.ContentDisposition from class coldfusion.mail.RFC2231Util The specific sequence of files included or processed is... [More] ColdFusion Java Tue, 09 May 2006 15:36:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/9/IllegalAccessError-with-CFMAIL http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/4/28/Understanding-HotSpot-in-Plain-English Not having a degree in Computer Science means that my view of web technology begins at a granular level and necessarily seeps from the top down into the foundations of how software works. For ColdFusion this course traverses the basics of HTTP and C... [More] ColdFusion Java Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:57:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/4/28/Understanding-HotSpot-in-Plain-English http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/24/ColdFusion-and-JVM-Tuning Pixl8 Interactive is a London based Internet Consultancy and Design Services company. They've put together a handy list of resources to turn to for more information about how to tune ColdFusion MX servers and JVMs as well. Pixl8: Coldfusion MX ... ColdFusion Java Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:14:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/24/ColdFusion-and-JVM-Tuning http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/24/Stacking-up-the-IT-Certificates If you're in Massachusetts, you might want to know that the Boston chapter of the IEEE is holding a 21 hour course on an Introduction to Java Servlets and JSPs, using Head First Servlets & JSP as a guide. This local chapter of the IEEE has a fantast... Learning ColdFusion Linux Java Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:59:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/24/Stacking-up-the-IT-Certificates http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/2/1/IEEE-Spring-2006 At the recommendation of a friend I recently joined the IEEE Computer Society, which has a local chapter in Boston. I'm just starting to discover the benefits of membership with this prestigious group, and today's newsletter revealed a wealth of ver... Learning Computer Technology HiTech Industry Java Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:12:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/2/1/IEEE-Spring-2006 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/1/19/Outlook-for-my-professional-development Since I began supporting ColdFusion customers for Allaire many years ago I've taken a wide range of computer and web development courses in local universites and vendors, as well as many internal training classes on Macromedia products. Except for a ... [More] Personal Learning ColdFusion Computer Technology Java Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:22:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/1/19/Outlook-for-my-professional-development http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2005/12/6/Red-Hat-Web-Application-Stacks Beginning in 2006, Red Hat will begin offering subscription models for web application development stacks, including three levels starting with the basic LAMP stack for $599, as an add-on to Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions. This means that no... ColdFusion Linux Java Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:52:00 -0600 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2005/12/6/Red-Hat-Web-Application-Stacks