We learned about extending Railo Server in this chapter, by using the Extension system, custom tags, and custom functions.
Specifically, we covered:
Creating and installing a custom tag in Railo Server. We learned how to enhance the
<cfabort>tag, and where to save it so it will be picked up as a custom tag.Creating a custom function:
cleanScope. We also saw how to use array andstructnotation with form variables.How to use the Railo Administrator to install extensions.
How to create our own Railo Extension. We created a tiny little web application and then created and zipped the necessary installation files.
By creating and exploring
ExtensionProvider.cfc, we learned how we can distribute our own extension. We also logged downloads and talked a bit about hosting paid extensions.After all the trouble of creating the
ExtensionProvider, we found out that there is an extension store where we can simply upload our extension into. We also did a small comparison between the Store...