Okay this is it… I’m working on a little project called ‘ColdFace’. There I said it. Now I have to make it happen or look like a doofus for talking it up.
Thanks to BiteMan and Edifier for (both) suggesting the name ColdFace. I had another in mind and I might still change it. Because I can. ColdFace is a ‘big’ word, maybe too big for my wee project. But for now we can blame those guys ;)
What is ColdFace? I’m loathed to use the word framework. It’s more like package of components and tags that can make Facebook apps ridiculously easy for ColdFusion developers.
I really hope a few people try it (when the time comes) and give me a little feedback.
Sorry, no code to show yet. A while back I did try to write some doco.
Hey MrBuzzy,
Looking forward to your ColdFace code.. I had a lot of trouble trying to run FBML based apps.. Let me know if you need any help testing!!
Thanks,
-Joe
Thanks for the encouragement :)
Ewww I just realised there is no way to subscribe to a post. Doh.
I would love to get FBML working!!! It is about time that someone be able to write a nice facebook app in CF. The app I wrote will work well directly from the url but when I try to get to it via facebook I get an error and if I view the source it says:
The system has attempted to use an undefined value, which usually indicates
a programming error, either in your code or some system code.
Null Pointers are another name for undefined values.
Any ideas or tips?
BTW – very interested in testing what you are cooking up, sounds like exactly what I (and others I know of) are looking for!
Wow that’s 2 interested people, I really should get something out there. Thanks again!
@Anthony, re: the error – do you get more error information? Hopefully you’ll see the line number of where the error occurred. You may look to ‘Enable Robust Exception Information’.
Is there a download link for this app yet? I checked riaforge and couldn’t find anything. I’d like to try it out on my server.
Sorry, there isn’t but I hope to get something out soon.
Any news on ColdFace – release date. Would be keen to download and test the code.
I’m real close, I promise!
I’m trimming it back to get an initial release out. Assuming I get the time it should be done by the weekend. Thanks again for the interest.
Just checking in on ColdFace’s availability…
Thanks again, I’ve posted a couple of semi-related items: http://blog.mrbuzzy.biz/category/facebook/
Trying the example app would help too, I don’t know if it works for anyone but me.
Or if you’re willing to try it out warts and all, free to email me: mrbuzzy at gmail