Many developers wonder, “Is ColdFusion dead?” Dead?! Developers around the world are using the language and development platform right now. They’re developing modern, powerful apps like wizards. Adobe, too, keeps updating the platform, with Adobe ColdFusion 2025. This latest enchanted artifact in the developer’s arsenal delivers power, speed, and security fit for the realms of […]
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Cold Depression and ColdFusion
ContentsI had Cold DepressionMy story: How did it start?Why Cold Depression matters to CFers¡Viva la CF Alive revolución!What is Cold Depression exactly?Let’s Welcome ChangeWhat can we do? I had Cold Depression I was in a long-term, low-grade hidden depression 21.5 years ago. I just didn’t know it. I now realize I had Cold Depression. (not […]
How To Find Your Next Job As a ColdFusion Developer
ContentsJob Hunting Tips for CFersHow to find job if you’re a CFerNetworkJob Hiring Platforms Market Yourself WellBe a PRO CFerAlways Stay Updated & Ahead Job Hunting Tips for CFers Perhaps you’re an up-and-coming ColdFusion developer raring for a new challenge. Maybe you’re looking to switch languages to work with CFML. Or you could be looking for […]
ColdFusion Security: Guarding Your Precious (Data) Against Digital Orcs
ColdFusion is a powerful and secure development platform that offers built-in protection to help developers create secure, high-performing web applications with confidence. Imagine, if you will, walking into your office only to find it transformed into a scene straight out of Office Mordor—phones ringing, colleagues huddled like nervous hobbits before a battle, the air […]
CFML Open Source: Everything You Need To Know About Lucee
The long wait is over. Lucee 6.0 is here! Finally! Let’s see what makes Lucee such a force in the programming world, then see its newest tricks. ContentsEverything You Need To Know About LuceeWhat is CFML open source/Lucee?Lucee and ColdFusion: siblings, not twinsIs Lucee better than Adobe ColdFusion in every way?Meet the new LuceeHow do […]
Programmer Burnout (Prevent and Deal With it Successfully)
Perhaps you’ve already seen it in some of your developers: the bleary-eyed stare of a tech maestro feeling less like Steve Jobs and more like the Bible’s Job, a punching back for the Lord. There’s a technical term for it, one I’m encountering more and more often among friends, colleagues, and clients. It’s called burnout, […]
Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021
Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021 was held from Tuesday 6/22/21 through Thursday 6/24/21. It was an online event, and all sessions were recorded for attendees (more on that further in the text). So even if you did not attend the event, you should register for it and be able to download the recordings. About the […]
100 CF Alive Revolution
ColdFusion Alive started as an antidote to a lot of negativity, isolation, and nay-saying within the developer community, especially among those using Adobe’s development platform. For years, I’d respond to claims that ColdFusion was deader than Jimmy Hoffa. That it was “legacy.” That it couldn’t compete with its modern, newer competitors. It was a struggle […]
Adobe ColdFusion 2021 in the Cloud (Modernized For the Next Decade)
Adobe ColdFusion 2021 is released! It was born a few days before ColdFusion Summit 2020 in November 2020. We look at all the new features for multi-cloud, microservices, llambda, performance, security and more below. And yes, the name did change from CF 2020 to CF 2021. More on that later. Reasons why CFers are upgrading […]
Adobe ColdFusion Markup Language Guide (Powerful, More Modernized)
ColdFusion language has become cool (again). It used to be reserved for the top 1% of the crowd and for the government. Not anymore. As the CIO of a top company, you have a responsibility to use the top-notch resources available out there. That’s Adobe ColdFusion, without a doubt. ContentsWhy Adobe ColdFusion is Vital for […]