My Adventure With CFGrid

I’m using a cfgrid to display some data returned from a query. Not exactly rocket science, but I’ve managed to run into a bit of difficulty meeting a couple of final client requirements. Let me set up the scene here. First I have a form with several different search criteria, which are independent of each other. Depending on which search criterion is selected, a different grid will display. Each grid will has an Action column with links to another page.

My first few days on AIR

So far I like the built in support from Aptana studio for several Ajax frameworks including Spry, Ext, jQuery, etc.  I’ve worked my way through the first 5 chapters.  I think it’s pretty cool how I can take simple HTML/JavaScript applications built for the web and turn them into desktop applications.  I’m trying not to get impatient though.  I want to get to some really cool stuff.  But for now I’m learning about creating and accessing native windows.  I’m sure this is important since a window on the web behaves just a bit differently  than one on the desktop.  I’ll be patient and work my way through it.  Next up is creating menus.  Sounds like really cool stuff.

What I’d like to do is find some application that might work as a desktop application in my office.  An employee directory, time and expense database, or simple notes manager might be good starting points on which to learn to build more complex applications.  I’ll try to update this blog as I learn more and more.

More on Mylyn

Since my previous post on Mylyn, I have continued to use and am growing to like it even more despite the fact that there is no connector to our issue tracking tool of choice, Lighthouse Pro. The context focusing is great for juggling multiple tasks. It’s so easy for me to come back to a task and have all the files I need at the ready. Now that I am using it regularly, there are two things I am noticing that are minor issues for me. In fact, they may already have been addressed in the latest release of Mylyn.

Using Mylyn to manage development tasks

Post CFUnited, I am trying to implement many of the tips and tricks I learned about at the conference. One of those is a tool called Mylyn. Mylyn is a plugin to the Eclipse IDE that can hook into many bug tracking tools and help manage development tasks. The eyecatching feature of Mylyn is the context focused tasks. Simply put, Mylyn shows you only the relevant files and views for the task on which you are working. I’m new to Mylyn having just installed it a day ago. I’m actually using an older Eclipse install (3.2) which means I’m using Mylyn 2.0. It has since been updated to Mylyn 3.0 for use with Eclipse 3.3+. I had a lot of issues with Europa and CFEclipse last year and just never updated on my PC.