Quick fire updates on our software, clients, and websites

23 May 2023

Efan 2.0.6

A library for rendering Embedded Fantom (efan) templates.

This update includes two key features:

The dependency on afConcurrent has been removed - which (neatly) accommodates AFX Fass macros!
Added a system hook that lets Efan Errs be converted to custom Errs (added for AFX).

Have a look! Visit the Fantom Eggbox Pod Repository

openSource

20 Mar 2023

AFX development

We have completed the first round of development on our new eXtreme Application Platform, AFX!

   ___ ____ __ ___
  / _ | ___|  V  /  CyberStar eLearning Platform
 / _  | __/ )   (   by Fantom Factory
/_/ |_|_|  /__^__\  v2.0.0

AFX takes concepts from our existing open source libraries, optimises them, and re-imagines them as a unified whole.

AFX is set to power our upcoming CyberStar eLearning Platform - which we hope to release very soon.

The following table lists the core AFX components, and the libraries they have been built from:

AFX Core	AFX HTTP	AFX Web	AFX JS
`afIoc`	`wisp`	`afBedSheet (mw)`	`afDomJax`
`afIocEnv`	`web`	`afEfanXtra`	`afAppKit`
`afIocConfig`	`afBedSheet`	`afPillow`	`afJsInterop`
`afBeanUtils`		`afDuvet`	`a11y-dialog`
`afAudit`		`afSlim`	`floating-ui`

The result is a streamlined, simpler, yet enhanced platform, designed for next-level enterprise applications. (Watch this space!)

software

24 Feb 2023

Custom SkySpark development

During a collaborative project, a client tasked us with solving a SkySpark issue with a control loop instability. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how we tackled it:

We changed a rule to run only when specific fans are running
We ruled out false positives by making sure a damper position cannot return a value less than an associated set minimum.
Added checks for the status of a fan to determine whether or not to create a Spark.
Fixed existing unfinished tests and added new tests for minVal damper point and fan running checks.
Deployed new rules and fixed some incorrect targeting.

Plenty of testing confirmed we'd resolved the issue and we succeeded in making our client very happy!

clients software

24 Dec 2022

Destination Mars!

We are celebrating a new exciting eLearning release - Destination Mars!

And even better - it's absolutely FREE!

As STEM UK and International Mars Society ambassadors we are proud to release this public education to help raise awareness of space exploration and colonisation efforts on the planet Mars.

We hope to inspire more people to get involved with digital skills and roles which can be applied to exciting space careers or even to existing industries involving, say, environmental technologies and Smart Buildings perhaps!

courses

02 Dec 2022

BedSheet 1.5.18

BedSheet is our platform for delivering web applications written in Fantom. It provides a rich middleware mechanism for the routing and delivery of content over HTTP.

This latest version includes a round of updates such as:

New: HttpStatus.toErr() to replace HttpStatus.makeErr().

Chg: The filename directive the Content-Disposition HTTP header as set by HttpResponse.saveAsAttachment() is now quoted. This fixes an issue in new versions of FireFox.

(Thanks to Sean Rosin of Bernhard for reporting.)

Find out more in the full documentation

software openSource feedback

30 Sep 2022

Arcadia Toolkit Functions

As many of you will know, we provide synthesised training data through our "live" connector.

Using this data for our training scenarios requires SkySpark Rules to be used - which means... uh oh... Axon functions! We provide these Rules in our handy (and free) SkySpark extension - the Arcadia Toolkit.

Now for the first time, we have released our Axon Functions in a plain text format to help you work with our training data - without using the Arcadia Toolkit extension. Copy and paste to your heart's content!