Mark Drew (Redux)- cf_etc...

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.

With the imminent release of the next version of Eclipse called 'Ganymede', I thought I would have a look at some of the upcoming features.

The first feature that caught my eye was "Cola", which provides Real-Time shared editing of a file. I have seen this before but not done in such a nice way. Check out the video below:

Cola: Real-Time Shared Editing from Mustafa K. Isik on Vimeo.

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/

Let me know what you think!

What a blast was CFUnited this year!

And indeed, I took *some* photos, but for some reason, people managed to take a few photos of me!

If you managed to snap me (either in the Crime and Punishment museum or showing off tattoos in the sponsor corral) let me know!