Archive for the 'Web/Internet' Category

Fixing a Java/ColdFusion/JVM-based SSL handshake_failure when making an HTTPS request

Request timeouts when initializing your ColdFusion app? This function will stop them.

Jstat not working under Java 1.7 u75 or higher including Java 8? There’s a bug! Here’s how to work around it to get your JVM details.

Learn how to redirect ColdFusion logs to stdout and stderr on Linux or OS X. Especially useful in containerization using Docker to centralize logs.

Brian returns to dev.Objective() in Minneapolis to present on Building SaaS Applications

How 45 days of “testing” grew my email list by 53% after 9 years of “implementing”.

Writing an API that accepts data from other systems? Provide a searchable foreign key attribute to simplify integrating for all of your developers.

Using jQuery to selectively apply Hubspot or other Javascript tracking codes to users

CFPAYMENT, the open source payment processing library for ColdFusion, is now hosted on GitHub for your forking pleasure

Here’s a guerilla debugging tactic based upon an old post of mine, Finding Memory Leaks in Coldfusion JVM, and some inspiration from Charlie Arehart. I’m in the process of migrating from ColdFusion 8 to 10 and am encountering some unexpected errors. This stack trace snippet should strike fear into the heart of any [...]