Tag: Railo
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Skype stops Tomcat 7 working on port 80
I recently reinstalled my Rialo application server on a Windows 7 Home Premium PC. I changed the port in server.xml from 8080 to 80 but Tomcat no longer would serve pages. After about an hour I found a forum post that blamed Skype. Sure enough I stopped Skype and Tomcat now runs. c:\ netstat -abn…
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A review of Railo 3 Beginner’s Guide by Mark Drew
I have been blogging ColdFusion for several years and Mark’s publisher kindly sent me a copy of his new book to review. Railo 3 Beginner’s Guide is a great introduction to the ColdFusion language and using it on the free Railo Server. ColdFusion is a powerful and useful language for people who just want to…
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ColdFusion is a high level language; why does it capture less value?
I am a project manager and I have worked with both ColdFusion and Java development teams. I have often wondered why it is that ColdFusion developers get about 60% of the rate of the comparably skilled Java developer. ColdFusion is a high level language. The built-in features including authentication, search, clustering, image processing etc means…
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Install Railo in Tomcat – where do I put my files?
This is repost of my contribution to the Railo Google Group. Goal You are a Railo and Tomcat newbie and you want a directory to put your coldfusion files in. “tomcat\myapp\ROOT” would do nicely Preconditions (for me anyway) 64 bit Windows 7 home premium UAC turned off and stays off Java installed and JAVA_HOME set…
Dr James Bayley 