BenNadel.com is a personal blog by Ben Nadel, a web development expert, covering a wide range of topics including JavaScript, ColdFusion, Angular, and various modern web technologies. The blog features deep-dive tutorials, practical coding tips, and insights on web development best practices. With a focus on real-world problem-solving, Ben shares his extensive experience as a full-stack developer, making the site a valuable resource for developers at all levels.
41 articles from this blog
Explains how to use Lambda functions and IIFEs for short-circuiting control flow in ColdFusion to improve code readability while managing post-processing logic.
Explains how to configure ColdFusion to process non-CFML files (like .html, .txt) as executable CFML code when using the cfinclude tag.
Explores a workaround for ColdFusion's lack of a native function to render images directly to binary, proposing custom UDFs for better workflow.
Explains how to convert HTTP header values from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 encoding in a ColdFusion application, specifically for Cloudflare geo-headers.
Explores using ColdFusion's unique CFML features for rapid application prototyping, focusing on tag-based syntax and seamless code collocation.
Explains how to implement the onMissingTemplate() event handler in a ColdFusion Application.cfc to handle requests for missing CFML templates.
Creating an accessible keyboard shortcut with Alpine.js to move focus to a form input using the 'f' key, avoiding autofocus issues.
A guide to generating, caching, and securing dynamic Open Graph images in a ColdFusion application using Cloudflare CDN.
Generating dynamic Open Graph images for poems using ColdFusion and Java, adapting text to landscape format for social media previews.
Guide to installing custom Roboto fonts in CommandBox Docker images and Windows ColdFusion for CFImage text rendering.
A technical exploration of utility methods in ColdFusion for automatically generating unique ID and 'for' attributes in HTML forms.
Exploring the concept of a 'Maybe' data type in ColdFusion to handle values that may or may not exist, improving code readability.
How to use the JavaScript 'pageshow' event to re-enable forms disabled by double-submission prevention after using the browser's Back Button.
A developer explains why they won't enable 'full null support' in Adobe ColdFusion 2025 after testing the feature.
A technical article explaining how to use a hidden submit button to control which form data is sent when a user submits via Enter key.
Explores the ITaskEventHandler for CFC-based scheduled tasks in ColdFusion, comparing it to traditional URL-based methods.
A developer shares a CSS technique to make the output of ColdFusion's CFDump tag more readable by increasing the font size.
A technical guide on normalizing SQL cross-join data in ColdFusion by using table prefixes and restructuring query results into nested objects.
Explains how to create user-defined functions in ColdFusion to coalesce values, addressing limitations of built-in operators.
Ben Nadel argues for using self-closing ColdFusion custom tags to make code structure explicit and avoid confusion in nested tags.
