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Sneak preview of CFLib via Bolt

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Posted in Development, ColdFusion | Posted on 06-15-2009 | 3,589 views

I uploaded this to RIAForge this weekend, but for folks who are not yet on the pre-release, I thought I'd share a few screens from my CFLib Bolt Extension. I've given it the cool name of: CFLibExtension. Yes, my imagination was at an all time low. You can download the bits from the RIAForge project, and if you did have Bolt installed, here is how it would work.

First, right click on a file, and click into the CFLib menu:

This brings up a list of categories. This list is cached to help improve performance.

Now you can browse UDFs in the category, in pages of 10 UDFs each. This is also cached. The first hit will be a bit slow, but after that it will scream.

I should point out - the design here is pure HTML, and was written very quickly. The ugliness is all Ray, not Bolt.

After you select the UDF, you can either copy the code from the textarea, or click Download.

If you choose to download, it will automatically be placed within the file you right clicked on.

Seem cool?

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Michael Santoroski said on 06-15-2009 at 9:41 PM #
Looks cool. When did you say that Bolt is going into public beta?
Raymond Camden said on 06-15-2009 at 9:42 PM #
It already is - but you have to have a Golden Ticket.
Jason said on 06-15-2009 at 9:44 PM #
Craps. How about a quick bolt rundown, first impressions, etc.
Michael Santoroski said on 06-15-2009 at 9:44 PM #
I'll start buying lots of Adobe Chocolate Bars!
Raymond Camden said on 06-15-2009 at 9:49 PM #
The first rule of NDA is that you don't speak about NDA. ;)

Seriously - I can't say anything yet. But um, I wouldn't bash it. Not at all. I'd do the opposite. I'll stop now.
Torgo said on 06-15-2009 at 10:18 PM #
Do you know if they're going to be adding more people to the pre-release? I've been in the Centaur one for months, but haven't heard anything about Bolt yet.
Raymond Camden said on 06-15-2009 at 10:20 PM #
Repeat after me. "Ray can't say squat."

Sorry - I should have been clear on that. I have no idea what Adobe plans.
Sean Coyne said on 06-16-2009 at 5:48 AM #
@ray can you add a search feature? maybe w/ a little ajax autocomplete?
Raymond Camden said on 06-16-2009 at 8:05 AM #
I haven't yet tested Ajax w/n the confines of Bolt. Of course, it need not be Ajax (search doesn't, autocomplete would). It's on my list.
Lola LB said on 06-16-2009 at 8:44 AM #
Wow . . . looks great! This will make developing so much more easier.
inj said on 06-16-2009 at 3:44 PM #
Hi, Ray!
I just installed this extension, but was unable to use it - got an error message: "Error occurred while parsing response from handler "/handlers/selectcategory.cfm".
What am I doing wrong?
Raymond Camden said on 06-16-2009 at 3:47 PM #
Please try the version I just posted. I had forgotten to disable CF debugging, and it was using the same app space as the RIAForge extension.
inj said on 06-16-2009 at 3:53 PM #
Ok, now it works fine!
Thank you.
Raymond Camden said on 06-16-2009 at 3:55 PM #
Yeah, once we can speak a bit more openly about Bolt and extensions, I'm sure myself (and others) will be posting tips,guides,etc to working with them.

If you get my RIAForge extension, it does NOT have this fix. So be sure to copy the line from onRequestStart.

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