Yes, you read that right; there is indeed a new version (Build 13 ) of my Illudium PU-36 Code Generator available on the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/p/cfcgenerator). I have finally implemented one of the most requested features - the ability to automatically generate all tables in a DSN at once. However, I made it better and more usable I think.
One new project and one update this week. Looks like we hit a bit of a lull over the Thanksgiving week. I guess too much tryptophan can cut into an open-source developer's productivity (what's the excuse from the int'l folks?). Nonetheless, this week we appear to have an ongoing "Battle of the Transfer Tutorial All-Stars." Enjoy!
Today is the last day of the early bird registration price of $30 for Flex Camp Boston (as of midnight tonight the price goes to $40), so register now! Some highlights of Flex Camp Boston 2008 include:
For more on our sessions, see the full agenda.
O'Reilly has also generously donated a bunch of books to giveaway
including copies of the brand new AIR 1.5 Cookbook signed by the
author. I am currently working with the Flex team and our speakers to
get more details of upcoming sessions and lots more giveaways
(including, *hopefully*, some Gumbo / Catalyst preview discs). Lunch
and parking are free with registration.
Register today!
Seven new projects and nine updates in this week's update. This update covers the past two weeks as I was away at MAX last week. MAX was excellent as usual with some big announcements for those of us interested in ColdFusion or Flex, though my favorite part may have been hanging at the Cigar bar drinking, smoking a cigar and networking. I hope to have a wrap up post coming some time this week. However, we better get down to business as there is a lot to cover this week.
Recently I encountered a situation whereby my services API had a requirement for a single method that actually retrieved many types of items, all of which extended an object that, for example purposes, I will call just "item." The biggest obstacle was that for various reasons, nothing inside the item told you what subtype it was (which is arguably a better solution than the one provided here). Nonetheless, the object itself can tell me what type it is just by examining the metadata, and I was able to call the appropriate methods using that information. Below I have the code that allows you to do this in case you encounter a similar requirement. This example does a read based upon the CFC type, but the same can be done for create, update and delete (or whatever else really). (Code after break)