Are you running your ColdFusion apps with the hand brake on? I remember the last time I drove a car with the hand brake on by mistake. We didn’t go fast, the ride was jerky for the passengers and a strange smell started to fill the car. Eventually I slapped my forehead and realized that […]
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4 ways to prevent code death by shelfware
What is Shelfware? If you don’t get users involved early in the project, you risk ending up with shelfware. That means that you wrote some great code, the operation was a success but the patient died on the table. None of the users want to use the application and it’s left on the shelf. What […]
NCDevCon in review (9 exciting reasons to go!)
If you missed NCDevCon last month then Denard Springle wrote a review of the event on his blog. Key points Lot of new faces at this years event All the sessions were recorded and publicly available Plan for CF11 from Adobe CF evangelist Elisha Dvorak Solr indexing comes with current CF – how to use […]
Could peopleware bugs crash your project? (6 secret tips)
Your hardware is well tuned. Your software uses the latest techniques. But your projects still fail. Why? It probably is buggy peopleware. Peopleware are the political, culture and social issues in software development – which often gets a back seat to technical issues. Peopleware problems often are the key to why projects fail. Team dynamics […]
FusionReactor 5 releases new features for ColdFusion server monitoring
If you haven’t checked out the recently launched FusionReactor 5 (www.fusion-reactor.com) you are in for a nice surprise with many new and improved features compared with earlier versions of the ColdFusion server monitor. At TeraTech we like using it for real-time server monitoring, to pinpoint issues and protect against server crashes. Some of FR5’s […]
3 keys to Avoiding Scope Creep
Have you been on a project with scope creep recently? The scope increases, that leads to late delivery of the project, budget overruns, stress, late nights spent coding when you’d rather be doing other things. Plus all those endless changes have made to the code base decline in quality from all the work done under […]
Halt Software Scope Creep (3 secrets to project success)
Have you been on a project with scope creep recently? The scope increases, that leads to late delivery of the project, budget overruns, stress, late nights spent coding when you’d rather be doing other things. Plus all those endless changes have made to the code base decline in quality from all the work done under […]
What’s new in ColdFusion world at Scotch on the Rocks
Kevin Roche gave a detailed report on this week’s “Scotch on the Rocks 2013” ColdFusion conference in Scotland. Some important points include: mobile dev/test/deploy support in coming Adobe CF 11 builder based on PhoneGap Railo command line CFML scripts indexedDB client side storage for faster apps continuous integration (CI) testing using Jenkins and MockBox Peak […]
ColdFusion security and web hacking tools – webinar Wed 6/5/13 1pm EDT
Bored with ColdFusion security presentations that rehash the OWASP Top Ten? Do this and don’t do that with terse snippets of code… This session was different. David demonstrated the tools that are available to hackers and shows how a web application is attacked live during the webinar. Using the OWASP Top Ten as a guide, […]
7 ways ColdFusion projects fail – webinar Wed 5/1/13 1pm EDT
Do you have issues with scope creep or requirements? Are you concerned about users accepting your new apps? Do you want protect your organizations reputation for quality on the web? Then join us for this free webinar with TeraTech’s Michaela Light and learn seven ways ColdFusion projects may fail and what to do about it. […]
