Web Software Architecture and Engineering – Life on the Bleeding Edge

Archive for March, 2010

Need Your Help: ColdFusion on Glassfish, Geronimo, Resin, etc.

I need your help. I’ve been exploring the idea of dropping IIS, and JRUN all together. JRUN for obvious reasons, but IIS because I need something faster and smaller. Apache is not the answer there. So I’ve been playing with NGINX, and its worked out well. So my plan is to move to NGINX -> [...]

Example of a Bad ColdFusion Outsourcing Firm

Etisbew is a outsourcing/offshoring firm.They state: “Etisbew Technology Group, a global software solutions provider headquartered in Kentucky, USA having state of the art offshore development center in India provides high quality and cost effective solutions. We have built an impeccable reputation for providing professional software solutions that are delivered on time and within budgets.” They [...]

Must Read: ColdSpring Bug – Memory Leak

Looks like Peter Farrell discovered a memory leak on CF8 (and CF9 it seems) when output = false is not set on CFFunctions! If you have a CFC intensive application, and are using ColdSpring, then you may be affected. I am looking to go through my apps and make sure output is set, and I [...]

CGI Facade – Why You Should Use One

CGI Facade?! I’m sure you are saying, I’ve heard of a Session Facade, but why a CGI Facade… Well, simple really. Web Servers are evolving, and sooner or later, you’ll put a device or a server in between you firewall and your web server, like a clustering device or a reverse proxy like my current [...]

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