Hi, My name is Ryan Guill and I am developing an open-source framework for ColdFusion called COAL, which stands for the ColdFusion Open Application Library. It is intended to be similar to PHP's PEAR or PERL's CPAN libraries, although there are several differences.
The basic idea is to create a free repository of reusable and flexible components for use as services and objects. Its purpose is to allow ColdFusion developers to develop their applications quicker and easier, reducing the time to market. It's a way to standardize the components as well and provide documentation for them, so that if anyone is having trouble with a COAL component, any other developer using COAL will instantly be on the same page. This project is just getting started, although a lot of work and effort has been invested already. But the project cannot continue without some help and support from the community. So here is my plea for help. What COAL currently needs is three things. We need ColdFusion developers coming up with ideas for components to include in COAL. The opportunities are endless really. Anything that you do often in your applications and can be encapsulated into components and objects would be a perfect fit for COAL. COAL is also flexible enough to have multiple components (called services) in its library that do the same thing only in different ways, allowing the end developers to choose the service that best fits their needs. The second thing is that we need developers creating these components for COAL, as well as testing and using them, making sure that they are stable and bug-free. We have the ability to add components of an alpha, beta or stable stage so that the end developers will know what is fine to use in production without question and what they may need to take a look at to make sure. Also, components submitted to the COAL library are encouraged to be open source, although they are not required to be. You can encrypt the source if you like. And then finally, we just need ColdFusion developers using COAL and talking about COAL and just spreading the word! Here are some links to some COAL resources. Feel free to reply to this message with any questions or comments. Thank you for your time, and hopefully, we will have a great platform, making ColdFusion development even easier and enjoyable than it already is! COAL website: http://coal.ryanguill.com COAL Google Group Email List: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/CF_COAL Getting Started with COAL: http://coal.ryanguill.com/docs/tutorials/gettingstarted.cfm COAL Tutorials including How does COAL work: http://coal.ryanguill.com/docs/tutorials/ There is also a PowerPoint presentation I used to present COAL to the ColdFusion Online Meetup Group a few months back. Thanks again! -- Ryan Guill BlueEyesDevelopment [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ryanguill.com (270) 217.2399 The Coldfusion Open Application Library - COAL - http://coal.ryanguill.com www.ryanguill.com/ The Roman Empire: www.ryanguill.com/blog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216626 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
