Charlie Arehart's Blog - cfdj articles

Corrected version of my Sept CFDJ article available online

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:20:00 -0400

While it may seem old news, I want to point out that if you've received the print version of the September edition of the CFDJ (which came out in October), you may have seen my article on "FusionDebug Tips, Tricks, and Traps". Due to some glitches, the version printed was not the final, edited version I had offered. I was able to arrange to get the corrected article posted in the electronic version of the article, free for you to read, on the CFDJ site. If you're interested in the topic and/or the article, please do check it out online.

My latest 2 CFDJ articles

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:58:00 -0400

Check out the 2 latest articles I've done in the CFDJ (you can read them online for free): one is on FusionDebug Tips and tricks, and the latest is on using the nifty (free) LogParser tool with CF. Sys-con has been working hard to catch up on late delivery of the magazine, as well as to bolster the content with topics that will appeal to a wider CFML audience. I'm glad to be a part of that effort after being quite absent myself for must of the past 3 years. (See the more than 50 other CFDJ articles I've done in the past 7 years.)

September 2006: FusionDebug Tips and Tricks highlights various things I've learned as I've worked with the FusionDebug interactive step debugger the past few months. It serves as a follow-on to Jeff Houser's fine introductory article. This issue came out late in October and was available in print at Max.
October 2006: "Monitoring Your CF Environment with the Free Log Parser Toolkit" introduces a fabulous that does MUCH More than just log file analysis.

My Latest CFDJ article is now posted: Errors in Your Code: Handling, debugging, and testing for them

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:52:00 -0400

I see that my latest CFDJ article has now been posted on the CFDJ site: "Errors in Your Code: Handling, debugging, and testing for them". Here's a brief synopsis:

Errors and bugs: they happen in all code, mostly in development but in production too and perhaps more easily in CFML than in compiled languages. There are several features to help better handle, debug, and test for them, and this article will focus on those.

Though the article has just been posted, it's in the "August" issue. Due to some snafus in recent months, the CFDJ folks are just getting caught up. I have no information myself on when the print version of the issue will be coming out, if indeed it may already have. I will say you can also look for me to have articles in future issues, including Sept and Oct which are already turned in. I'll post those as soon as I see they are available online. Read the article online now