Java – Stubot

JSP / JSTL: Always declare your beans where they are read / written

JSP errors within WebSphere Commerce applications at the best of times are hard to debug, at the worst of times it is a gruelling experience searching through JSPs to find flow control structures that best match errors spat out in your logs to try and localise the problem. To prevent these issues we have to use a bit of additional thought… One tip is to always declare your beans locally.

Coding

Null values in ColdFusion

ColdFusion doesn’t really have a concept of null values, ColdFusion has JavaCast( “null”, “” ) for when you want to pass a null into a Java object but what happens when your Java object returns a null?

Coding

Custom Java Libraries in ColdFusion/Railo

I have been experimenting with Java libraries in CF8 and Railo to see how easy it is to load up a custom Java class in each…