I just updated the 2.6.2 download with several fixes and updates to the model integration to allow for model aliases and also to be able to wire up web service objects in your model objects: You will add the following to the model object. <cfproperty name="myWS" type="webservice:myWS" /> Your coldbox config file will contain the wsdl definition <Webservice name="myWS" URL="http://www.coldbox.org/myWS.cfc?wsdl" />

The ColdBox Eclipse plugins for Help And Reference have been updated and released to version 1.0.6.  You can update your eclipse installation by following this guide:

1. From the Help menu, select Software Updates > Find and Install to open an Install/Update window.
2. On the Install/Update pop-up window, choose Search for new features to install, and click the Next button.
3. Set up a new remote site to scan for updates.
   1. Click the New Remote Site... button to open a New Update Site pop-up window.
   2. Type the name of the new plug-in in the name text box. ColdBox Framework
   3. In the URL text box, type the URL http://www.coldboxframework.com/distribution/eclipse/
   4. Click OK.
   5. Click the Finish button to open an Updates window.
4. On the Updates window, check the box next to the name of the plug-in, and click the Next button.
5. Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
6. Click the Finish button.
7. Click the Install All button.

We have just released a RC version of 2.6.2 in our downloads section. This is an incredibly ambitious maintenance release that will knock your socks off!! So head off to our downloads section to download and visit our What's new Guide to find out, well, what is new.

There are over 30 know tickets that have been fixed and about 30 new enhancements listed below:

1. Model Integration
   1. Location
   2. Usage Methods
   3. Dependencies DSL
   4. Model Mappings
   5. Persistence
2. New Application Template and Generator
3. ColdBox Dashboard 2.2.4 : Open Source
4. Pre Handler Exception and Only Lists
5. Post Handler Exception and Only Lists
6. New Handler Public Property: this.EVENT_CACHE_SUFFIX
7. Anti Samy: New XSS plugin
8. ColdBox SideBar improvements
9. Implicit Views
10. New Interceptor: Deploy
    1. How to set it up?
    2. Interceptor Properties
    3. Deploy Command Object
11. New ${varname} replacement on coldbox.xml
12. ioc plugin can now use ${} on Coldspring/Lightwire
13. Security Validator Updates
14. Unit testing property: this.PERSIST_FRAMEWORK
15. New Super Type Methods: locateFilePath(), locateDirectoryPath()
16. setNextEvent() now detects SES mode
17. New Sample App: ColdBox SES
18. New Sample App: Simple Blog
    1. Simple Blog 1 : No OO
       
    2. Simple Blog 2 : Moderate OO
       
    3. Simple Blog 3 : Advanced OO
       
    4. Simple Blog 4 : Guru OO
       
19. New param to dump() to abort also
20. ColdBox Cache Updates
21. New Plugin: ClusterStorage on Code Depot
22. Bean Factory Updates
23. Autowire any bean from the ioc plugin
24. New Autowire attribute overrides
25. Implicit View Helpers
26. New i18n Locale Storage: Cookie
27. Utilities: sendFile()
28. New Transfer Extra: Transfer Loader Interceptor
29. SES Package Resolver
30. LightWire Collaboration & Updates

We have done a closed beta of Codex for quite some time now. However, we are now to the point of maturity to release an open 0.5 Beta1.  So head over to our new codexwiki site and start downloading it now.  This release comes thanks to ColdBox and Transfer by Mark Mandel.

P.S: It runs on Railo!!

Enjoy the screenshots below:

Since Railo offers a nice cluster scope for multi-server environments. Sana Ullah of team Coldbox create a nice ClusterStorage plugin that is part of our plugin pack and you can download now!!

So head over to our code depot and check out our official and contributed plugins and interceptors.