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Hot on the heels of the previous 1.3.5 release, the CFEclipse team have released a maintenance release. 

You might wonder why so many releases nowadays? Well, the team have a new release schedule, which like all nighttime coders, is based on the cycles of the moon. So what has been fixed you ask? Checkout the full listing but a summary is here:

#509    Errors with implicit structure/array creation
#106     mishandling of multiline strings        
#478     attribute validation with spaces    
#486     asking for content assist when you have a broken parse tree throws error
#496     word wrap throws null pointer exception    
#510     insert cfabort action, doesn't
#512     useSmartPaste preference default is not initialized
#513     context menu added with each file opened
#515     smartpaste preference doesn't seem to take
#516     Code Formatting splits regex onto 2 lines    
#520     syntax errors inside comments
#521     space at the end of strings/single quotes inside double quotes    
#523     Code Parsing error with cfinterface/cffunction
#504     cfdump and cfabort tags should print out their respective dump() and abort() functions in cfscript
#517     Content Format menu option incorrect display
#518     Code Parsing and formatting

An awesome job to everyone involved!

I have created a video using code_swarm to show the history of CFEclipse's development history, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I am using this for other projects as a beautiful as well as useful way to see how a project progresses over time:

Edit: Since we moved CFEclipse from tigris.org back in 2006 I missed out the main people that worked on the Project such as Rob Rohan, Spike Milligan and Oliver Tupman (to mention a few!).

Part 1 (pre SVN with the initial commits etc!)

View Part 2  on youtube

The CFEclipse Project has today released CFEclipse 1.3.5.

A big thank you has to go to Denny who has done an amazing job in this build!

If you want to find out what has changed you can read the change log over at http://www.cfeclipse.org/update/web/doc/intro/doc/new.html

Of course, you can get this version simply by using Eclipse's in-built software update in Help -> Check for Updates.

As an aside you can follow cfeclipse on twitter: http://twitter.com/cfeclipse

If you find any issues with the release, sign up to the mailing list, and someone will have probably solved your issue already: http://groups.google.com/group/cfeclipse-users/

Enjoy!

EDIT: added Denny's URL and twitter URL

EDIT 2: added mailing list address

 

This question has started to raise its head amongst various forums and I have been asked (and misquoted) that the CFEclipse Project will be discontinued now that "Bolt" has been announced. 

I just want to clarify to everyone that this is not the case. I am absolutely looking forward to Bolt being released. It is a great step forwards for CFML developers out there. But what will happen to the CFEclipse project?

Bear in mind that CFEclipse isn't just an editor. There are other features that I personally (ok I built them, I should like them) like such as the CFUnit tests, the Frameworks Explorer, Snipex and Snippets and the Dictionary view. These plugins are part of the CFEclipse project but they can be used standalone with a bit of coding. 

Also, think about how hard it is to get some developers to change their IDE. At the moment Bolt is in production and I am sure when it is released people will find some "quirks" that they are not used to and complain and switch back. Sometimes it requires a crowbar to separate a coder from their IDE. 

Regardless, the CFEclipse project (and even the editor) will keep on going, at least it means that we will have choice. Homesite, Dreamweaver, CFEclipse and Bolt (and others like TextMate etc). 

As with any ecosystem, they can live together, and be as individual as the developers that use them. CFEclipse will evolve and keep on going. 

I salute the CF Team as they have (from opinions of people at MAX) produced an IDE that is obviously wowing the crowds! And who knows, I might even submit bug fixes to Bolt given the chance ;) 

 

Well not really, since I can't call it that, but since it has been posted on the Adobe website I can finally admit that I am an Adobe Community Expert! With that in mind, I guess I better return to my regularly scheduled blog postings about ColdFusion, CFEclipse et-al! I am currently writing a couple of articles that you should hopefully see soon enough in some well known community publications (there I have said it, I have to do it now!) as well as delving deeper into big applications using Model-Glue and changes to Reactor to make it more fun to work with! So, hello world :)

As some people that have been using CFEclipse for a while might have realised, there is a parser that figures out the content in a CFML file. So far, this parser has been embedded with Eclipse specific code, so I have started re-factoring this into its own project so we can test various files and use it as a project by itself. The idea is that I can scan whole folders for files and parse them and keep track of the errors and things that we would expect to find. Also, this re-factoring means that other developers and help me figure out speed improvements and bug fixes without getting caught up in Eclipse code. I haven't finished porting it (but its nearly there) and you can check out the code from: http://svn.cfeclipse.org/org.cfeclipse.cfml.parser/. You should be able to check it out into Eclipse and run the org.cfeclipse.cfml.parser.tests.ParserTest.java class passing in an argument for the location of the files you want to parse. There are still compilation errors with it, so if you want to have a go, you can get the code and get fiddling. One thing to note, is that you need to use your http://trac.cfeclipse.org username and password to get the code.

During the CFUnited 2008 Conference in DC, most speakers were able to record their presentations onto Adobe Connect. This is a great feature for most presentation styles (of course not all, since you might want to have a discussion, rather than a presentation), rather than just filming the speaker. Here are the Adobe Connect presentations that have been posted so far:

• CFEclipse reloaded: http://partners.adobe.acrobat.com/p69604765/
• Coldspring: Better living through configuration http://partners.adobe.acrobat.com/p37989763/

You can see the other presentations posted here and here Let me know what you think!

If you are planning to come to my CFEclipse:Reloaded presentation at CFUnited on Saturday morning, I have good news for you, I have moved it to the afternoon, basically swapped it with Sandy Clark. This means that you can get a lie in in the morning! So to re-iterate, I shall be presenting at 4pm in room 152B on Saturday, rather than 9:45 am. (Before that I shall be presenting ColdSpring: better living through configuration in the same room from 2:45)

Its going round, like a bad cold, so I thought I would also chip in with my CFUnited 2008 meme! What are you looking forward to most? Meeting up with people from the community and hanging out in DC! Which speaker will most likely end up on your camera? Probably Peter Bell, that guy can write and talk like there is no tomorrow! What do you plan to do outside conference time? Well, I am looking for a tattoo place to get some stuff added to my arm, and then it will probably be a bar where the rock is loud and the beer is cold. Any suggestions from locals? I might also head up to Rockville to check out a record shop that Henry Rollins used to frequent. Fill in the blank: I will mainly be around the ______ booth. "Beer" Do you have a new project you are working on and will reveal it at CFUnited? Yes, its part of my FreshAir presentation!

Next week, CFUnited DC gets on the way, and what a busy conference it will be! Having checked my schedule it looks like it will be a real marathon for me. Here is my schedule: Wed 1:30 - 2:30 : ColdSpring: Better living through configuration Wed 8:30pm - 9:30pm : Improving quality through code reviews and mentoring Thurs 9:30 - 10:30: Fresh Air: Getting to grips with Aptana and AIR applications Fri 9:45-10:45: CFEclipse Reloaded Fri 11:00 - 12:00: Jing Demo (5 mins) Fri 11:00 - 12:00: Railo Demo (10 mins) Sat 9:45-10:45: CFEclipse Reloaded Sat 2:45-3:45: ColdSpring: Better living through configuration You might ask what the Jing and Railo Demo's are about, well, you are just going to have to turn up and find out! :) Hope to see you all there!