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I've not posted any post for quite sometime now. However, that is about to change. I'm writing apps with JavaScript now and I'm learning new stuff almost daily. I'm currently using RequireJS, AngularJS, Backbone, jQuery and NodeJS to build webapps at my work for our clients. This means my blog will now focus on these technologies a lot. I will try to share my learnings with you all. Thanks for leaving comments on my blog. I hope to continue writing stuff that software developers around the world find helpful.

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Installing ColdFusion on IIS 7 + Configure IIS for ColdFusion in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

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When installing ColdFusion on Vista or on Windows Server 2008 you may receive HTTP 404.3 Error, similar to this one:HTTP Error 404.3 - Not FoundThe page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map.Additionally if you run ColdFusion Web Server Configuration Tool, you will see a message saying that IIS components are being installed and could take between 2 to 5 minutes of time.You can resolve this error by making sure that the two required components of IIS are installed on your system. Namely:ISAPI Extensions IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.
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ColdFusion Manual Configuration & Issues with TCP ports 51011, 51010 and 51800 on IIS and Apache

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ColdFusion works by configuring your web server (IIS, or Apache) to execute files with known extensions (.cfm, .cfml, .cfc et al) to run as script. And for doing that ColdFusion comes with a small and important tool called “wsconfig”. Problem: At times, regardless of operating system and the web server you are using, the ColdFusion installation will fail to configure web-server due to your network settings or firewall/security settings. When running wsconfig tool, you may encounter errors similar to the following:Could not connect to any JRun/ColdFusion servers on host localhost. Possible causes: Server not running
- Start Macromedia JRun4 or ColdFusion server Server running
- JNDI listen port in jndi.properties blocked by TCP/IP filtering or firewall on server
- host restriction in security.properties blocking communication with server Snapshot above shows one of the common scenario when wsconfig will not configure IIS.Solution: H…
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Configuring Apache Tiles to Avoid Caching During Development

When you want to use Apache Tiles, you will find that your tiles are cached and are not refershed when you reload the page in web browser.

This is a non-issue in production environment because once your webapp is deployed in production you never change your Apache Tiles templates and pages. However, in a development environment this is cumbersome since you will have to redeploy your webapp each time you make a change in your templates.

I faced a similar problem recently and the I found out the I could use the 'useMutableTilesContainer' property in TilesConfigurer class and the 'cache' property in TilesViewResolver class.

You configuration should look something like this:

   <bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesConfigurer">
          <property name="definitions">
             <list>
                <value>/WEB-INF/path-to-your/tiles-definition.xml</value>
             &…
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